CAT/C/URY/CO/3 concerned by reports that reprisals have been taken against victims, their families and officials in these centres who have reported ill-treatment of this kind (arts. 2, 12, 13 and 16). The Committee urges the State party to: (a) Set up an effective, independent and accessible complaints mechanism that will ensure that reports of torture or ill-treatment of minors held in SIRPA centres are investigated promptly, thoroughly and impartially. Such investigations should be carried out by an independent agency; (b) Investigate the alleged irregularities in the administration of medicines to juvenile detainees; (c) Ensure that, in cases of alleged torture or ill-treatment, suspects are immediately suspended from duty for the duration of the investigation, particularly if there is a risk that those actions might be repeated or the investigation obstructed; (d) Protect victims and witnesses of torture or ill-treatment from reprisals; (e) Provide victims of torture and ill-treatment with redress, including just and adequate compensation and the fullest possible rehabilitation, taking due account of the Committee’s general comment No. 3 (2012) on the implementation of article 14 by States parties (CAT/C/GC/3). Monitoring and inspection of places of detention 14. The Committee is concerned by the fact that the national mechanism for the prevention of torture does not have a budget of its own and lacks all the resources it would need to perform its work in a fully satisfactory manner. The Committee attaches importance to the mechanism’s active presence in juvenile custodial facilities, but is of the view that the need for it to coordinate its activities with other inspection agencies, such as the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Prison System or the Office of the Inspector General for Psychopathic Patients, cannot be allowed to act as an obstacle to the full performance of its duty to monitor all places where people are deprived of their liberty (art. 2). The State party should ensure the national preventive mechanism’s functional independence by assigning it a budget of its own and specialized medical and legal staff so that it can cover all places where people are deprived of their liberty in accordance with the Optional Protocol to the Convention and the guidelines on national preventive mechanisms (CAT/OP/12/5, paras. 20, 32 and 39). The State party should also take the necessary steps to support the work of the national mechanism for the prevention of torture by ensuring that its recommendations are fully applied. The National Human Rights Institution and Ombudsman’s Office 15. The Committee notes with concern that, although the State party considers that the budget of the National Human Rights Institution and Ombudsman’s Office “is sufficient to ensure the Institution’s independent operation and covers the necessary infrastructure and staffing” (CAT/C/URY/3, para. 85), the National Human Rights Institution states in its report to the Committee that there are budget-related difficulties and that there is a need for “an adequate legal-administrative framework and more budgetary and operational autonomy [to ensure] … greater independence and effectiveness” (paras. 36–38) (art. 2). 6 GE.14-04582