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(i) Alleged human rights violations committed by the military police against civilians
should be investigated and prosecuted by general criminal courts at all stages of the criminal
proceedings, rather than by military courts;
(j) All victims of torture should be provided with compensation. The State party should
ensure that enough funds are allocated to make the relevant payments. The existing system of
implementation of judicial decisions that grant State compensation to victims of torture so that
these persons may receive the compensation that they are entitled to should be reformed in a
timely fashion;
(k) The State party should carry out awareness-raising campaigns in order to sensitize all
sectors of society about the issue of torture and ill-treatment and on the existing conditions of
detention centres;
(l) The right to counsel must be guaranteed at all stages of detention, from the initial
detention at police stations. An adequately resourced Defensoria Pública, with appropriate
authority to investigate and file necessary legal actions, should be present in all States of the
Federation in order to provide legal representation to all criminal suspects. Public defenders
should receive adequate salaries and appropriate training to ensure that they can carry out their
duties;
(m) Allegations of police misconduct should be investigated by an independent body,
adequately resourced to perform its functions;
(n)
Allegations regarding cells of castigo should be investigated by the State party;
(o) The State party should ensure that the police ouvidorias have sufficient human and
financial resources so that they can carry out their tasks independently;
(p) All state and federal organs responsible for the investigation of police misconduct
should compile statistics disaggregated by age, sex and race on the number of complaints of
torture received and investigations carried out. These statistics should be in a public document
which should be submitted to Parliament annually;
(q) The material conditions of detention centres must be improved without delay as a
matter of highest urgency and importance. The State party must allocate sufficient financial
resources to improve these conditions so that all detainees may be treated humanely;
(r) The material conditions of juvenile detention centres must also be urgently
improved. The State party should ensure the application of the Statute of the Child and
Adolescent and adopt all necessary measures to provide educational and vocational training,
medical and recreation facilities to help reintegrate children and adolescents into society;
(s) The problem of overcrowding in detention centres must be solved by adopting
measures urgently, such as awareness-raising of the judiciary of the possibility of applying
alternative sentences;
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