81. The maintenance of custody registers should be scrupulously ensured. Registers were either inexistent or lacked the most important information; Not all persons were registered; Insufficient registers blurred accountability and rendered external scrutiny more difficult. Cases of torture were more easily hidden. Many allegations of confessions under torture, which were admissible during court proceedings, were received. 83. Accessible and effective complaints mechanisms should be established. These should be accessible from all over the country and from all places of detention; complaints by detainees should be followed up by independent and thorough investigations, and complainants must be protected against any reprisals. The agencies in charge of conducting investigations, inter alia Probam, should receive targeted training. No effective and independent complaints mechanism; 84. The Government of Indonesia should expediently accede to the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture, and establish a truly independent National Preventive Indonesia was not party to the OPCAT; Mechanism (NPM) to carry out unannounced visits to all places of detention. 81 85. The Government of Indonesia should support the National Commission on Human Torture survivors had no possibility to address their complaints anywhere. The National Human Rights Action Plan (2004-2009) foresaw the ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture in 2008. The National Human Rights Commission and the Police signed a Memorandum of Non-governmental sources: Although there are a number of internal and external mechanisms monitoring police work, none of these institutions has the mandate, independence and authority to hold police officers accountable for human rights violations. There is no independent public complaints board that would guarantee that police officials who violate human rights are brought to justice and victims receive reparations. However, torture survivors have the possibility to address their complaints to Komnas HAM and its regional representatives, which may open inquiries and make recommendations. The Indonesian Police follow up on Komnas HAM’s recommendations. Non-governmental sources: Indonesia has not yet signed the Optional Protocol. Komnas HAM will propose to the Indonesian Police to give Komnas HAM authority to visit police detention facilities with or without announcement. Non-governmental sources: The Memorandum of Understanding between Komnas HAM and the Police is A/HRC/13/39/Add.6 82. Confessions made by persons in custody without the presence of a lawyer and which are not confirmed before a judge shall not be admissible as evidence against the persons who made the confession. Serious consideration should be given to video and audio taping of interrogations, including of all persons present.