A/66/44 (g) ensure redress and rehabilitation; (h) prevent gender-based violence and ensure the protection of women; (i) monitor detention facilities and places of confinement and facilitate unannounced visits by an independent body; (j) improve data collection on torture; and (k) improve conditions of detention, i.e. overcrowding. 74. The Rapporteur also presented charts that demonstrated the importance of including follow-up items in lists of issues that the Committee prepares prior to the review of periodic reports from State parties. She found that, in the lists of issues prior to reporting that it adopted, the Committee had become more attentive to incorporating outstanding issues related to items previously designated for follow-up, although greater efforts can still be made in this regard. 75. In the correspondence with States parties, the Rapporteur has noted recurring concerns which are not fully addressed in the follow-up replies and her concerns have been included in prior annual reports. To summarize them, she finds there is considerable value in having more precise information being provided, e.g. lists of prisoners, details on deaths in detention and forensic investigations. 76. Thus, as a result of numerous exchanges with States parties, the Rapporteur has observed that there is need for more vigorous fact-finding and monitoring in many States parties. In addition, there is often inadequate gathering and analysing of police and criminal justice statistics. When the Committee requests such information, States parties frequently do not provide it. The Rapporteur further considers that conducting prompt, thorough and impartial investigations into allegations of abuse is of great protective value. This is often best undertaken through unannounced inspections by independent bodies. The Committee has received documents, information and complaints about the absence of such monitoring bodies, as well as about the failure of such bodies to exercise independence in carrying out their work or to implement recommendations for improvement. 77. The Rapporteur has also pointed to the importance of States parties providing clearcut instructions on the absolute prohibition of torture as part of the training of lawenforcement and other relevant personnel. States parties need to provide information on the results of medical examinations and autopsies, and to document signs of torture, especially including sexual violence. States parties also need to instruct personnel on the need to secure and preserve evidence. The Rapporteur has found many lacunae in national statistics, including on penal and disciplinary action against law-enforcement personnel. Accurate record keeping, covering the registration of all procedural steps of detained persons, is essential and requires greater attention. All such measures contribute to safeguard the individual against torture or other forms of ill-treatment, as set forth in the Convention. 78. The chart below details, as at 3 June 2011, the end of the Committee’s forty-sixth session, the replies with respect to follow-up. This chart also includes references to the dates of submission of States parties’ comments to concluding observations, if any. GE.11-45568 139