(m) Establish and promote effective machinery within the prison system to receive and investigate reports of sexual violence and provide protection and psychological and medical assistance to victims; (n) Act without delay to protect the civilian population in areas of armed conflict in northern Uganda from violations by the Lord’s Resistance Army and members of the security forces. In particular, the State party should protect internally displaced persons confined in camps, which are constantly exposed to attacks from the Lord’s Resistance Army; (o) Take the necessary steps, as a matter of extreme urgency and in a comprehensive manner, to prevent the abduction of children by the Lord’s Resistance Army and to facilitate the reintegration of former child soldiers into society; (p) justice; Take effective measures, including judicial measures, to prevent mob (q) Take immediate and effective steps to put an end to customary torture in the area of Karamuja. 98. The Committee further recommends that the State party: (a) Establish an effective national legal aid scheme; (b) Enhance its efforts to conclude the legislative process and enact the new refugee bill and subsequently take all measures to ensure its full implementation in practice, in line with international refugee and human rights law; (c) Enact the Prison Bill of 2003 to counter widespread torture in local government prisons; (d) Continue the discussions with regard to the Optional Protocol to the Convention and consider becoming party to it as soon as possible; (e) Consider making the declaration under article 22 of the Convention. 99. The Committee requests the State party to provide in its next periodic report detailed statistical data, disaggregated by crimes, ethnicity and gender, on complaints relating to torture and ill-treatment allegedly committed by law enforcement officials and on the related investigations, prosecutions and penal and disciplinary sentences. Information is further requested on any compensation and rehabilitation provided to the victims. 100. The State party is encouraged to disseminate widely the reports submitted by Uganda to the Committee and the conclusions and recommendations, in appropriate languages, through official websites, the media and NGOs. 43