Commission and allegations implicating the National Surveillance Directorate in acts of torture, and ensure that appropriate penalties are imposed on those responsible and that equitable compensation is granted to the victims; (g) Inform the Committee of the outcome of impartial inquiries into all deaths in police custody, detention or prison, in particular deaths alleged to be the result of torture; (h) In the context of the ongoing reform of the Criminal Code, incorporate a provision prohibiting any statement obtained under torture from being invoked as evidence in any proceedings, in conformity with article 15 of the Convention; (i) Withdraw the reservation made concerning article 20 and make the declarations provided for in articles 21 and 22 of the Convention; (j) Devote a part of its next periodic report to measures taken to comply with the conclusions and recommendations addressed to it by the Committee; (k) Provide in its next periodic report detailed statistics on complaints of acts of torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment perpetrated by public officials, and on inquiries, proceedings and criminal and disciplinary sanctions relating to those complaints, disaggregated by offence, age and sex of victim, and position of the perpetrator of the offence. The State party should also provide information on the results of any inspection of any place of detention, the measures taken by the authorities to find solutions to the problems of prison overcrowding, and action taken on allegations of violence between prisoners. 128. The Committee recommends that the present conclusions and recommendations, and the summary records of the meetings at which the State party’s third periodic report was considered, should be widely disseminated in the country in the appropriate languages. 129. The Committee requests the State party to provide within one year information on the action it has taken on its recommendations contained in paragraph 127 (c), (f) and (g) above. NEW ZEALAND* 130. The Committee considered the third periodic report of New Zealand (CAT/C/49/Add.3) at its 604th, 607th and 616th meetings, held on 11, 12 and 19 May 2004 (CAT/C/SR.604, 607 and 616), and adopted the following conclusions and recommendations. A. Introduction 131. The Committee welcomes the third periodic report of New Zealand, which was prepared in accordance with the Committee’s guidelines. It notes, however, that the report was submitted with a three-year delay. * Also published as CAT/C/CR/32/4. 61