the police and prisons and exercise oversight functions. In his dual function of prosecution and monitoring the SPP is not an independent authority, as its primary interest is vested in convicting suspects as charged. data about enforcement efforts and increased transparency in the criminal justice system. In most cases no effective investigations were conducted in torture cases documented by human rights organizations. If investigations were initiated, they failed to meet the requirements of promptness, effectiveness and impartiality. The police, procuratorate and courts are not independent and remain under the supervision of the Chinese Communist Party, including through “Politics and Law Commissions”. The Public Security Organs' Regulations on Pursuing Responsibility for Policemen’s Errors in Implementing the Law and other regulations stipulated that “responsibility for ‘errors’, including forcing confessions or testimony will not be pursued where the law is unclear or judicial interpretations inconsistent” and allowed for a number of exceptions. d) The declaration should be made with respect to article 22 of CAT recognizing the competence of the Committee against Torture to receive and consider communications from individuals who claim to be victims of a violation of the provisions of the No declaration made to recognize individual complaint procedure. Non-governmental sources: Perpetrators of torture are rarely suspended, indicted or held legally accountable. A/HRC/13/39/Add.6 39 c) Any public official indicted for abuse of torture, including prosecutors and judges implicated in colluding in torture or ignoring evidence, should be immediately suspended from duty pending trial, and prosecuted.