CAT/C/HND/CO/2 measures taken to prevent the recurrence of similar cases, or on any compensation provided to the victims’ relatives (arts. 2, 11 and 16). 26. The State party should, without delay, undertake thorough, impartial investigations into all cases in which persons have died while in custody and, where appropriate, carry out autopsies. The State party should determine whether prison officials and members of the armed forces and the police are in any way responsible for such deaths and, if so, punish the guilty parties and provide the victims’ family members with adequate redress. Inspection and complaint mechanisms 27. The Committee expresses its concern about reports it has received of cases where the prosecution service and enforcement judges have had difficulty accessing prisons, in particular after armed forces personnel were assigned the task of guarding persons deprived of liberty. The Committee is also concerned that, notwithstanding the provisions of article 297 of the implementing regulations of the National Prison System Act on submitting complaints to the prison administration, efforts to establish internal mechanisms for submitting complaints in places of detention in the State party are still ongoing (arts. 2, 11, 12, 13 and 16). 28. The State party should ensure that all places of detention are subject to regular and independent inspections. It should also guarantee the right of detainees to lodge complaints, and the effectiveness of those complaints should be evaluated periodically. National preventive mechanism 29. While noting the explanations provided by the delegation, the Committee remains concerned about the budgetary constraints facing the National Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment. According to the information submitted by the National Committee itself, the funds allocated to it are not sufficient to enable it to function normally. The Committee expresses its concern that the system currently in place for selecting and appointing the three experts who make up the National Committee does not seem to include the necessary procedures to ensure the candidates’ functional independence and the absence of any conflicts of interest. Lastly, the Committee deplores the lack of information provided on measures taken by the State party in response to the recommendations made by the National Committee (art. 2). 30. The State party should ensure that the National Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment has sufficient resources to carry out its role effectively and independently, in accordance with the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. The Committee urges the State party to adopt criteria for the selection of the National Committee’s members based on the guidelines on national preventive mechanisms issued by the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (see CAT/OP/12/5, paras. 16-20). The State party should also ensure effective follow-up on and implementation of the recommendations made by the National Committee on the basis of its monitoring activities (ibid, paras. 13 and 38). Complaints of torture and ill-treatment 31. The Committee takes note of the information provided by the State party, according to which the Office of the Special Prosecutor for Human Rights received 253 complaints of torture between 2009 and 2014, while the Office of the National Commissioner for Human Rights — the country’s national human rights institution — registered 912 complaints of 6 GE.16-14849