CAT/C/ISR/CO/5 permits that these meetings be delayed under certain conditions, which in the case of detainees accused of security-related offences could extend for a maximum of 21 days under the Criminal Procedure (Enforcement Powers — Arrests) Law 1996-5756 and for a maximum of 60 days under the law applicable in the West Bank. While noting that as a general rule persons arrested without a warrant must be brought before a judge as soon as possible and no later than 24 hours following the arrest, the Committee is also concerned that legislation still allows that this period be delayed for up to 96 hours in relation to persons accused of security-related offences (art. 2). 17. The Committee recalls its previous recommendations (A/57/44, para. 53 (c) and CAT/C/ISR/CO/4, para. 15) and recommends that the State party adopt the measures necessary to ensure, in law and in practice, that all persons deprived of liberty, irrespective of the charges brought against them, the law applicable to them or wherever they may be located, are afforded all legal safeguards from the very outset of the deprivation of liberty, including the rights to be assisted by a lawyer and to be brought before a judge without delay. Audio-visual documentation of interrogations of security suspects 18. Recalling its previous recommendation (CAT/C/ISR/CO/4, para. 16), the Committee is concerned that the requirement under the Criminal Procedure (Interrogation of Suspects) Law 5762-2002 that the police carry out audio or visual recording of criminal suspects’ interrogations does not yet extend to the interrogation of persons accused of security-related offences owing to several extensions of temporary section 17 of the law, which provides for such exception. While regretting that the said law does not apply to interrogations by the Israel Security Agency, the Committee notes with interest that the Ministry of Justice is conducting staff work regarding the implementation of the recommendation made by the Turkel Commission and the Implementation Team (Ciechanover Commission) relating to the installation of cameras in all Israel Security Agency interrogation rooms, which will broadcast to a control room, regularly and in real-time, via closed-circuit. However, it regrets the lack of clarity about whether such interrogations will also be recorded so as to be available to be used as evidence in courts (arts. 2 and 11). 19. The State party should adopt the legislative and other measures necessary to ensure the compulsory audio-visual recording of all criminal suspects’ interrogations, including those of persons accused of security-related offences. Audio-visual footage should be monitored by an independent body and kept for a period sufficient for it to be used as evidence in courts. Independent medical examinations of persons deprived of liberty 20. The Committee is concerned at allegations of instances in which physicians of the Israeli Prison Service have failed to report injuries indicative of abuse and regrets not receiving information about the number of cases of suspected torture or ill-treatment identified and reported by Israeli Prison Service medical staff to the police during the reporting period. While taking note of the statement by the delegation that physicians serving in Prison Service facilities perform their duties as required by the law and the universal rules of medical ethics, the Committee notes that these professionals are directly employed by the prison services, which may compromise their independence (art. 2). 21. The State party should urgently take the measures necessary to guarantee in practice that physicians and other medical staff dealing with persons deprived of liberty duly document all signs and allegations of torture or ill-treatment and report them without delay to the appropriate authorities. It should also consider transferring responsibility for all types of health care of persons deprived of liberty to the Ministry 4 GE.16-08992