CAT/OP/BRA/2/Add.1 Human rights institutions Department of Prosecution Referrals 1 001 Secretariat for Public Security/Secretariat for Prison Administration 731 Judiciary 478 Prosecutors 338 Public Defenders Office 61 State and municipal secretariats 34 Law enforcement agencies 14 Other 11 Federal government bodies 9 Human Rights Secretariat of the Office of the President 3 Youth counselling services 2 Human rights organizations 2 Social services 2 Total 2 686 40. Another of the Subcommittee’s recommendations concerned the creation of a central register of torture allegations in order to keep track of trials and convictions for torture. The collection of reliable data on criminal cases is one of Brazil’s top priorities. 41. Accordingly, Act No. 12681 of 4 July 2012 was passed to set up the Ministry of Justice National System for Information on Public Security (SINESP), which is designed to generate and keep track of the latest statistics on the true security situation. It is an essential tool for State intelligence and planning agencies in pinpointing where efforts have to be made to combat crime, allocating resources strategically and working to ensure that human resources and funding are directed to those regions, areas and sectors where they are known to be most needed. 42. The system makes it possible to collate data on crimes reported by anyone who is a victim of any kind of offence and refer them to the Disque-Denúncia complaints hotline, and local ombudsman’s offices and justice departments. All states and the Federal District have joined the system, making it possible to collate and analyse crime data from around the country. 43. The system’s work and membership is regulated by a recently published presidential decree. All that is left for it to become fully operative is to finalize the election of members and its rules of procedure. 44. With regard to the punishment of the perpetrators of crimes of torture, Brazil recognizes that there is a tendency to charge them with lesser criminal offences. It notes, however, that 218 individuals (164 men and 54 women) are in prison for crimes under Act No. 9455/1997, according to figures for June 2012 provided by the Penitentiary Information System (INFOPEN).12 45. Protecting victims and witnesses under threat is the responsibility of the Human Rights Secretariat of the Office of the President, as established by Act No. 9807/1999 on 12 12 The figures refer to the total number of people, not just public officials, serving prison terms for offences under Act No. 9455/1997. GE.14-42059