Violence against women (21) The Committee notes the establishment, in 2006, of the Inter-institutional Commission on Femicide and the Special Investigation Unit to investigate violent deaths of women within the Public Prosecutor’s Office. It also notes the creation of a gender unit within the National Police. Nonetheless, the Committee is very concerned at the prevalence of many forms of violence against women and girls, including sexual abuse, domestic violence and femicide, and at the absence of thorough investigations into the incidence of violence against women (arts. 12, 13 and 16). The State party should increase its efforts to ensure that urgent and efficient protection measures are put in place to prevent, combat and punish perpetrators of violence against women and children, including sexual abuse, domestic violence and femicide, and conduct widespread awareness-raising campaigns and training on violence against women and girls for officials (judges, lawyers, law enforcement agents, and social workers) who are in direct contact with the victims, as well as for the public at large. (22) The Committee is also concerned at reports of inspections of female private parts when entering a place of detention, in particular at the fact that such inspections may be carried out by unqualified persons, including by personnel without medical training (art. 16). The Committee emphasizes that inspections of female private parts can constitute cruel or degrading treatment and that the State party should take measures to ensure that they are carried out only when necessary, by trained medical professionals and in taking the greatest care to preserve the dignity of the woman being examined. Compensation and rehabilitation (23) The Committee regrets the lack of a specific programme to implement the rights of victims of torture and illtreatment to receive adequate reparation and compensation. The Committee also regrets the lack of available information regarding the number of victims of torture and ill-treatment who may have received compensation and the amounts awarded in such cases, as well as the lack of information about other forms of assistance, including medical or psychosocial rehabilitation, provided to these victims (arts. 12 and 14). The State party should: (a) Strengthen its efforts in respect of reparation, compensation and rehabilitation in order to provide victims of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment with fair and adequate reparation and compensation, including the means for as full a rehabilitation as possible; (b) Develop a specific programme of assistance in respect of victims of torture and ill-treatment. (24) The Committee is concerned at the insufficient prosecution and sentencing of those criminally responsible for crimes against humanity, including possible acts of torture, committed under the authoritarian regime that governed until 1982. The Committee is also concerned at the lack of information on reparation, rehabilitation and other measures provided to the victims (arts. 12 and 14). The Committee considers that the absence of prosecution and provision of adequate reparation, including rehabilitation, to victims contribute to a failure of the State party to meet its obligations under the Convention to prevent torture and ill-treatment. The State party should ensure prompt, impartial and thorough investigations into all such acts, prosecute and punish perpetrators with appropriate penalties which take into account the seriousness of their acts, and offer reparation to victims, including rehabilitation measures, as well as taking steps to prevent impunity. 93