E/CN.4/2005/62/Add.2 page 51 237. According to the information received from non-governmental sources, the Government has taken no steps to implement or consider amending existing legislation to transfer correctional facilities and remand centres from the jurisdiction of the Ministry of the Interior to the Ministry of Justice. 238. The Government reported that Uzbekistan is in the process of studying the experience of other countries in these areas. 239. Recommendation (q) stated: Where there is credible evidence that a person has been subjected to torture or similar ill-treatment, adequate reparation should be promptly given to that person; for this purpose a system of compensation and rehabilitation should be put in place. 240. According to the information received from non-governmental sources, the Government has taken no steps to consider or implement a system of reparation or rehabilitation for the victims of torture. 241. The Government reported that Uzbekistan is in the process of studying the experience of other countries to address this issue. 242. Recommendation (r) stated: The Ombudsman’s Office should be provided with the necessary financial and human resources to carry out its functions effectively. It should be granted the authority to inspect at will, as necessary and without notice, any place of deprivation of liberty, to publicize its findings regularly and to submit evidence of criminal behaviour to the relevant prosecutorial body and the administrative superiors of the public authority whose acts are in question. 243. According to the information received from non-governmental sources, the Ombudsman’s office does not function effectively and is widely perceived by the Uzbek people as weak and lacking in independence. 244. The Government reported that as indicated in the response to recommendation (e), statistics testify to the growing trust of the population in the Ombudsman institution. The new law of August 2004 has improved her status. 245. Recommendation (s) stated: Relatives of persons sentenced to death should be treated in a humane manner with a view to avoiding their unnecessary suffering due to the secrecy and uncertainty surrounding capital cases. It is further recommended that a moratorium be introduced on the execution of the death penalty and that urgent and serious consideration be given to the abolition of capital punishment. 246. According to the information received from non-governmental sources, the Criminal Execution Code has not been amended since the Special Rapporteur’s report. Article 140 states that the body is not given to relatives for burial and the place of burial is not communicated to them. In addition, relatives of death row prisoners are not informed of the date of the execution in advance. It is also believed that death row prisoners are not informed of the date of their execution in advance and live in constant fear that they could be executed at any time. On 12 December 2003 the Oliy Majlis passed a law entitled “Amendments and additions to several