CAT/C/GTM/CO/5-6 international treaties ratified by Guatemala. In addition, the Committee recommends that the State party should: (a) Redouble its efforts to ensure that serious human rights violations committed during the internal armed conflict, particularly the massacres and acts of torture and enforced disappearance, are investigated, and to bring to justice the perpetrators of such acts, including persons in the chain of command; (b) Ensure that the individuals accused of torture or similar acts do not benefit from a statutory time limit; (c) Guarantee that all bodies involved in the investigations have the human, technical and financial resources needed to carry out their duties effectively; (d) Ensure that all State agencies cooperate fully and promptly with the investigations; (e) Prevent State officials from doing anything or making any public statement that might adversely affect the independence of the judiciary; (f) Guarantee the safety of the victims, witnesses and all those involved in the criminal proceedings and, to this end, provide the bodies responsible for their protection with the human and financial resources they need to function effectively. Enforced disappearances during the internal armed conflict 11. The Committee notes with concern that, despite the years that have passed since the end of the internal armed conflict, the fate and whereabouts of over 40,000 alleged victims of enforced disappearance during this period are still unknown and, in this respect, regrets that no independent commission has yet been established to locate them. The Committee takes note of the information supplied by the delegation to the effect that the proposals submitted to Congress for this purpose have no chance of being adopted and that a new text is being negotiated (arts. 2, 12, 14 and 16). The Committee recommends that the State party establish an independent commission to search for the victims of enforced disappearance during the internal armed conflict, which should meet international human rights standards and have the authority and resources it needs to perform its duties effectively. It also recommends that the State party set up a national register of disappeared persons to facilitate the search and ensure that all persons involved in the process receive due support. National Reparations Programme 12. The Committee, while acknowledging the establishment and work of the National Reparations Programme, notes the reports indicating that, under the programme, financial compensation has apparently been given priority over other forms of redress. The Committee also notes that the programme is due to run until the second half of 2013 and takes note of the proposals to extend it (art. 14). The State party should redouble its efforts to guarantee that all victims of human rights violations committed during the internal armed conflict receive appropriate redress that includes the means for their physical and psychological rehabilitation and that is culturally and gender sensitive. Accordingly, the State party should ensure that the National Reparations Programme is continued until all victims have received appropriate redress; ensure that legislative or other measures adopted meet international standards for reparation, including article 14 of the Convention; and provide the programme with sufficient resources to ensure that all forms of 4 GE.13-44736