CAT/C/CHE/CO/7 in July 2014, the physical conditions of police detention in the canton of Vaud amount to degrading treatment given the unreasonable length of detention (arts. 11 and 16). The Committee recommends that the State party pursue its efforts to improve prison conditions as a matter of urgency, in accordance with the recommendations of the National Commission for the Prevention of Torture, and, in particular, that it: (a) Be more persistent in its attempts to reduce prison overcrowding at Champ-Dollon, in particular by increasing the use of alternatives to custodial sentences, such as community service, in accordance with the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Non-custodial Measures (the Tokyo Rules) and the United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders (the Bangkok Rules); (b) Honour its commitment to modify the regime for pretrial detainees to reflect their status as unconvicted persons; (c) Take the necessary steps to guarantee strict separation and appropriate treatment for adults and minors, and for men and women; (d) Improve the physical conditions of detention in police stations in the canton of Vaud and ensure the strict application of the maximum duration of police custody; (e) Make thorough and impartial inquiries into all acts of violence committed in prison facilities and continue its efforts at prevention of violence in Champ-Dollon; (f) Ensure that solitary confinement in high security facilities is never applied to persons with a psychosocial disability; (g) Ensure that therapeutic guaranteed in all cantons. treatment in appropriate facilities is Intersex persons 20. The Committee welcomes the Federal Council decision to give an o pinion by the end of 2015 on the recommendations of the National Advisory Commission on Biomedical Ethics with regard to the unnecessary and in some cases irreversible surgical procedures that have been carried out on intersex persons (i.e. persons with variations in sexual anatomy) without the effective, informed consent of those concerned. However, the Committee notes with concern that these procedures, which reportedly caused physical and psychological suffering, have not as yet given rise to any inquiry, sanction or reparation (arts. 2, 12, 14 and 16). The Committee recommends that, in light of the forthcoming decision by the Federal Council, the State party: (a) Take the necessary legislative, administrative and other measures to guarantee respect for the physical integrity and autonomy of intersex persons and to ensure that no one is subjected during infancy or childhood to non -urgent medical or surgical procedures intended to decide the sex of the child, as recommended by the National Advisory Commission on Biomedical Ethics and the Committee on the Rights of the Child (see CRC/C/CHE/CO/2-4, para. 43 (b)); (b) Guarantee counselling services and free psychosocial support for all persons concerned and their parents, and inform them that any decision on unnecessary treatment can be put off until the person concerned are able to decide for themselves; GE.15-15100 7/9