CAT/C/SWE/CO/5 page 7 The State party should call for prompt and impartial investigations if it receives information indicating that there are reasonable grounds to believe that acts of torture or ill-treatment have been committed while conducting its international operations. The State party should also ensure that Swedish troops are instructed to report such incidents and take other measures, as appropriate. Compensation and rehabilitation 20. While noting information on treatment and social rehabilitation services provided to, inter alia, victims of torture and ill-treatment, the Committee is concerned that, as these services are conducted in many different ways, it is difficult to get an overview of the actual situation, including possible regional discrepancies. In this respect, the Committee regrets the lack of aggregate information on how often these different kinds of services have been utilized or on what resources are allocated to victims of torture or ill-treatment for psychiatric services. Furthermore, the Committee is concerned that there has been no case decided by or is currently pending before any Swedish courts concerning claims for compensation or other kinds of redress to victims of torture. (art. 14) The State party should continue to strengthen its efforts in respect of compensation, redress and rehabilitation in order to provide victims with redress and fair and adequate compensation, including the means for as full rehabilitation as possible. Rights of vulnerable groups and discrimination 21. The Committee notes that the 2001 action plan against racism, xenophobia, homophobia and discrimination has been incorporated in the new human rights action plan for the period 20062009 and it welcomes the recent initiative of the Government to merge the current antidiscrimination legislation into one single Anti-Discrimination Act that will cover seven grounds of discrimination.1 However, the Committee expresses its concern at reports of continued discrimination of vulnerable groups, in particular the Roma. The Committee is also concerned at reports of hate crimes in the State party, including a high number of racial hate crimes. (arts. 2, 12, 13 and 16) The State party should intensify its efforts to combat discrimination against vulnerable groups, including the Roma. In this respect, the State party should take further steps to combat racial discrimination, xenophobia and related violence as well as hate crimes, to ensure prompt, impartial and thorough investigations into all such motivated violence and prosecute and to punish perpetrators in all cases with appropriate penalties which take into account the grave nature of their acts. Prohibition of any statement obtained under torture from being invoked as evidence 22. The Committee takes note of information provided that the Swedish penal and procedural system, which is based on the principle of free examination of evidence, contains several provisions, including procedural safeguards, to prevent public officials from using torture in criminal investigation. The Committee, however, expresses its concern at the fact that Swedish law does not contain specific provisions ensuring that any statement which is established to have been 1 Discrimination on the grounds of sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, ethnic background, religion or other religious beliefs, disability, and age.