(c) Prosecute and punish officials who may have allowed evidence to be obtained as a result of torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment; (d) Provide necessary training to law enforcement and judiciary officials regarding the inadmissibility of coerced confessions in court; (e) Ensure that officials who extract coerced confessions, including persons liable under the principle of command responsibility, are brought to justice, prosecuted and punished accordingly. Fundamental legal safeguards 16. While taking note of the rights enjoyed by persons under article 18 of the Constitution, the Committee is concerned that detained persons may not enjoy all fundamental legal safeguards from the outset of their deprivation of liberty, such as the right to be informed immediately of the reasons for the arrest or detention, and not as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter; that only minors, but not adults, are allowed to contact family members or other persons of their choice about their detention; about the absence of a standard medical examination from the outset of deprivation of liberty; that the 24-hour rule of bringing detained persons before a court is not always respected and that persons may be held by police without charges for up to 14 days; and that all stages of detention are not necessarily recorded in registers (art. 2). 17. The State party should: (a) Guarantee that all detained persons, including juveniles, are afforded, in law and in practice, all fundamental legal safeguards from the very outset of their deprivation of liberty, including the right to be informed immediately of the charges against them; that they have prompt access to a lawyer during all proceeding, or to free legal aid in the case of indigent persons; that they receive free interpretation services; that both adults and juveniles are able to notify a relative or another person of their choice about their detention or arrest; that they have access to a standard medical examination by an independent doctor upon their deprivation of liberty, including by a doctor of their choice upon request; that their deprivation of liberty is recorded in registers at all stages; and they are brought before a court within 24 hours of their arrest or detention, in keeping with article 18 (5) of the Constitution; (b) Establish a central register of detention with entries on all persons at all stages of their deprivation of liberty, inform the Committee on the type of information recorded and on specific measures taken to ensure accurate record-keeping; (c) Monitor the compliance by all law enforcement officials with the fundamental legal safeguards, penalize any failure on the part of officials to comply and provide information on the number of complaints received regarding failure to respect fundamental legal safeguards and on the outcome of such complaints. Prolonged pre-trial detention 18. While recognizing the existence of the habeas corpus provision in national legislation, the Committee is seriously concerned about information that, while the Constitution provides for remand prisoners to be released after six months of detention if their cases have not been heard, pre-trial detention in the State party may last up to three years owing to the long delays in completing cases (arts. 2, 11 and 16). 19. The Committee recommends that the State party take all necessary measures to ensure that pre-trial detention is reduced to the extent possible, is exceptional and is carried out in keeping with the provisions of the Convention. The Committee requests the State party to be provided with information on any cases regarding the legality of detention brought before the Supreme Court and on their outcome. It also urges the State party to promote alternatives to pre-trial detention, in accordance with the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Non-custodial Measures (The Tokyo Rules). 5