- 67 163. In addition, the Commander of the Sri Lanka Army has appointed a brigadier to coordinate all matters relating to human rights. It is the duty of the brigadier to ensure strict compliance with directives issued to the Sri Lanka Army. Similarly, the Sri Lanka Navy has appointed a commodore to perform such functions. 164. By communication dated 27 April 2001, the Government further informed the Committee that the Deputy Inspector General of Police has recently undertaken an initiative to, inter alia, review the implementation of the State policy and in particular to examine whether persons detained at police stations are treated in accordance with internationally accepted norms and standards and whether they are subjected to any form of torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. 165. The Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of human rights issues continues personally to monitor compliance with directives issued by the Inspector General of Police and Police Headquarters. These directives are aimed at ensuring the protection of the human rights of suspects arrested and detained in police custody. In order to ensure compliance with such directives, the said officer conducts unannounced visits to police stations. Recommendation (n) 166. All officers in charge of police stations receive training at the time of their selection and periodically thereafter. The Secretary to the Ministry of Defence invited the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute to undertake a comprehensive study of all training syllabuses of the police and security forces relating to human rights with a view to redesigning the course content and process with the primary objective of bringing about, in addition to an increase in knowledge, a change in attitudes that would contribute towards a change in behaviour. The Sri Lanka Foundation Institute has already commenced a new training programme on human rights for police officers. Recommendation (o) 167. The process of improving detention centres requires considerable resources and vast improvement in infrastructure. The development and improvement of detention conditions will be a gradual and time-consuming process. Recommendation (p) 168. The Permanent Inter-Ministerial Standing Committee and the Inter-Ministerial Working Group on Human Rights Issues will continue to monitor the situation relating to torture. The Working Group will take all steps necessary for the prevention of torture and enforcement of the due process of law with regard to all allegations of torture. 169. In addition to providing specific replies to the recommendations made by the Committee in its communication dated 28 March 2001, the Government provided information on additional activities undertaken: video recording of confessions made by suspects to assistant superintendents of police, recorded under the provisions of the Prevention of Terrorism Act and the Emergency Regulations; creation of additional detention facilities at the TID with a view to