CAT/C/CPV/CO/1 Fundamental legal safeguards 16. The Committee takes note of the procedural safeguards set out in the Constitution and the Criminal Code. It regrets, however, the lack of information, owing to the absence of a State party report, regarding the right of detained persons to have access to a medical examination by an independent doctor from the outset of deprivation of liberty, as well as on the consistent use of registers of persons deprived of their liberty at all stages of detention. Furthermore, the Committee is concerned about allegations of failure to bring detained persons before a judge within 48 hours of arrest, as well as failure to inform detainees of the reasons for their arrest and the charges brought against them (art. 2). 17. The State party should: (a) Provide information on the legislative and administrative measures taken to guarantee that detained persons are afforded, in law and in practice, all the fundamental legal safeguards from the very outset of deprivation of liberty, in particular, the right to access to a medical examination by an independent doctor; (b) Monitor the compliance with the legal safeguards by all public officials and penalize any failure on the part of officials to comply; (c) Provide the Committee with information on the number of complaints received regarding failure to respect such safeguards and on the outcome of those complaints; (d) Provide information on the establishment of a central register of all persons deprived of their liberty, the type of information recorded and the measures taken to ensure accurate record-keeping. Administration of justice 18. The Committee is concerned about information that the justice system is overburdened and understaffed, which creates delays in the delivery of justice, resulting, among other things, in prolonged pretrial detention and a large backlog of cases pending trial. The Committee also notes with concern that judges are underpaid, according to the 2016 report of the Parliamentary Commission on Constitutional Affairs, making the judiciary vulnerable to bribery and corruption, as pointed out previously by the Human Rights Committee (see CCPR/C/CPV/CO/1, para. 15) (art. 2). 19. The State party should inform the Committee about the measures taken to: (a) Reduce the backlog of cases, including by increasing judicial capacity and providing the judiciary with the necessary technical and financial resources to guarantee their integrity; (b) Reinforce the measures in place for countering judicial misconduct, particularly corruption in all its forms, which may hinder the progress of independent, impartial and appropriate legal proceedings against perpetrators of torture; (c) Review the current criminal justice policy and enhance the efficiency of the judicial proceedings; (d) Increase the use of alternative measures of detention, in accordance with the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Non-Custodial Measures (the Tokyo Rules). Alleged police brutality 20. The Committee is concerned about consistent reports of police brutality against detained persons and about allegations of racial profiling during security operations and 5