Recommendations (E/CN.4/2006/6/Add.3) Situation during visit (See: E/CN.4/2006/6/Add.3) Steps taken in previous years (See: A/HRC/4/33/Add.2, A/HRC/7/3/Add.2 and A/HRC/16/52/Add.2) Information received in the reporting period of Ethics; however, the names of those subjected to disciplinary penalties have never been disclosed to the public and to the office of the Public Defender. Reportedly, 83 cases of ill-treatment by the police had been reported in 2009; none of which had allegedly happened in isolators, but during arrest, interrogations and transfer of detainees. Investigations and prosecutions into allegations of torture are reportedly neither effective nor prompt. Allegations of illtreatment are frequently ignored and victims not questioned. One apparent obstacle to prompt and effective investigations seems to lie in timely obtaining forensic evidence of the alleged ill-treatment. 69 Prosecutors have their own investigators at their disposal or can in certain cases use A/HRC/19/61/Add.3 The Forensic Bureau, which has formerly been under the Ministry of Justice, has recently become an independent legal entity. However, reportedly the Bureau only has old equipment at its disposal; its doctors are well trained but under a lot of pressure from the prosecutors. Furthermore, access to an independent forensic examination is almost impossible to obtain. There is also lack of skills to investigate cases of ill-treatment, inconclusive medical evidence and lengthy forensic examinations.