CAT/C/HRV/CO/4-5 The State party should pursue its efforts to combat prison overcrowding, in particular in high security wards. It should also take steps to improve the material conditions in the prisons, in psychiatric institutions and in the detention facility for foreigners. Women and juveniles in detention 13. The Committee is concerned that there is only one prison for females in the State party and that it is located in a remote geographic location, which makes family visits difficult, in particular for families with small children. The Committee is also concerned that, although the domestic legislation prescribes that juveniles convicted of crimes shall be placed in a separate enclosed institutional facility, such a facility has not been established and juvenile convicts are placed in prisons (arts. 1 and 16). The State party should take steps to provide more correctional facilities for female prisoners to ensure that they have reasonable opportunity to maintain relations with their families, in particular if they have minor children. The State party should establish a separate enclosed facility for juvenile convicts. Redress for victims of torture 14. The Committee is concerned that, according to the information from the State party, the State party has not provided any compensation to victims of torture in the reporting period. It is also concerned at the lack of specific examples of cases in which victims of torture received medical/psychosocial rehabilitation (art. 14). The State party should provide to victims of torture redress, including compensation and the means for as full rehabilitation as possible, in law and in practice. The Committee draws the attention of the State party to its general comment No. 3, in which the Committee explained the content and scope of the obligations of States parties to provide full redress to victims of torture, and recommends amending the domestic legislation accordingly. Situation of refugees and non-refoulement 15. The Committee is concerned that: (a) asylum seekers are detained in the detention facility in Ježevo together with illegal migrants, some for extended periods of time; (b) there is a lack of provisions for medical treatment, outside of emergency treatment, and for psychological counselling for asylum seekers; (c) there is no information regarding mechanisms for early identification of victims of torture and other persons with specific needs among asylum seekers; and (d) free legal aid is not provided in procedures related to the decision on detention, neither to asylum seekers nor to irregular migrants; (e) the information provided by the State party regarding its extradition and expulsion proceedings and their compliance with the non-refoulement obligation under article 3 of the Convention is insufficient (arts. 1, 3, 4, 12, 13, 15, 16). The State party should place asylum seekers in detention only in exceptional cases and should regularly monitor the facilities used as accommodation for asylum seekers through the national preventive mechanism or other monitoring mechanisms. The State party should: (a) provide medical treatment and psychological counselling for asylum seekers; (b) ensure the early identification of victims of torture and other persons with specific needs among asylum seekers through the implementation of appropriate national protection mechanisms; (c) establish a mechanism that will provide access to counselling, treatment and rehabilitation for victims of torture, and any specific accommodations necessary during refugee status determination procedures; (d) ensure that free legal aid is provided to asylum seekers and migrants in procedures related to the decision on detention; and (e) provide the Committee with 5

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