CAT/C/CHL/CO/5 page 8 peoples, especially members of the Mapuche people. The Committee is particularly concerned by the fact that the victims of these acts include women, children and older persons. The Committee also notes with concern that the State party has on occasion applied the Counter-Terrorism Act to members of indigenous peoples in connection with acts of social protest (art. 16). The State party should: (a) Take all necessary steps to carry out prompt and effective investigations into abuses committed against members of indigenous peoples and to bring to trial and punish any police officers who commit such abuses; (b) Provide detailed statistics, with breakdowns by age, sex and geographical location, on all complaints of acts of torture or ill-treatment committed by law enforcement officers against members of indigenous peoples, as well as on the corresponding investigations, trials and convictions; (c) Provide detailed data on the cases involving indigenous persons in which the Counter-Terrorism Act has been applied. 24. The Committee is concerned about reports indicating that a number of people who were imprisoned during the dictatorship, tortured, and later forced to leave the country continue to be deprived of the possibility to return (art. 16). The Committee recommends that the State party reconsider the status of these people and give serious consideration to the possibility of permitting them to return to Chile. Reparation 25. The Committee takes note of the information provided to it concerning the compensation paid by the National Commission on Political Prisoners and Torture to persons recognized as having been victims of torture during the dictatorship. The Committee is, however, concerned that not all the victims have enjoyed the right to fair and adequate reparation. The Committee considers that the fact that some victims do not reside in the State party should not constitute an impediment to their access to reparation (art. 14). The Committee reaffirms the State party’s obligation to ensure that all victims of acts of torture have the right to fair and adequate reparation. The State party should ensure that all persons who were victims of acts of torture during the dictatorship, including those not currently in the State party, can have access to adequate reparation commensurate with the gravity of the crime committed against them. 26. The Committee requests the State party to include detailed information in its next periodic report on the steps it has taken to comply with the recommendations contained in these concluding observations. The Committee recommends to the State party that it should take all appropriate steps to implement these recommendations, including their conveyance to the members of the Government and Congress for consideration and adoption of the necessary measures.