which criminalizes acts of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; (c)The reported lack of prompt and adequate access by persons deprived of their liberty to legal and medical assistance and to contact with family members; (d)In connection with asylum-seekers and illegal immigrants: The poor conditions of detention of those held in the Jezevo Reception Centre for Foreigners, including poor hygienic conditions and limited access to recreational activities; The alleged cases of violence against those held in the Jezevo Reception Centre for Foreigners and the lack of prompt and impartial investigations into this matter; The deprivation of their liberty for prolonged periods of time; (e)The alleged failure of the State party to address the issue of violence and bullying between children and young adults placed in social care institutions; (f)The alleged failure of the State party to prevent and fully and promptly investigate violent attacks by non-State actors against members of ethnic and other minorities; (g)The poor regime for remand prisoners, who spend up to 22 hours a day in their cells without meaningful activities. D. Recommendations 78. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Take effective measures to ensure impartial, full and prompt investigations into all allegations of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, the prosecution and punishment of the perpetrators as appropriate and irrespective of their ethnic origin, and the provision of fair and adequate compensation for the victims; (b) Ensure full cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), inter alia by ensuring that all indicted persons in their territory are arrested and transferred to the custody of the Tribunal; (c) Enforce all relevant legislation providing for the protection of witnesses and other participants in proceedings and ensure that sufficient funding is allocated for effective and comprehensive witness protection programmes; (d) Make judges, prosecutors and lawyers fully aware of Croatia’s international obligations in the field of human rights, particularly those enshrined in the Convention; (e) Take measures to ensure in practice the right of all persons deprived of their liberty to have prompt access to counsel and a doctor of their choice, as well as to contact family members; (f) Adopt all necessary measures to improve the material conditions of the reception centres for asylum-seekers and immigrants and ensure the physical and psychological integrity of all individuals accommodated in these centres; (g) Refrain from detaining asylum-seekers and illegal immigrants for prolonged periods; (h) Discontinue the practice of refusing access to asylum procedures because the authorities are unable to verify the identity of asylum-seekers owing to a lack of documentation or interpreters; (i) Provide an information sheet in the appropriate languages to inform asylum seekers of the asylum procedures immediately after they are apprehended or arrive in the territory of the State party; (j) Allow the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) full access to asylum-seekers, and vice versa. UNHCR should normally be given access to individual files so that it can monitor asylum procedures and ensure that the rights of refugees and asylum-seekers are respected; (k) Increase the protection of children and young adults placed in social care institutions, inter alia by ensuring that violent acts are reported and investigated, providing support and treatment for children and young adults with psychological problems, and ensuring that these institutions employ trained personnel, such as social workers, psychologists and pedagogues; (l) Ensure the protection of members of ethnic and other minorities, inter alia by undertaking all effective measures to prosecute and punish all violent acts against these individuals, establishing programmes to raise awareness, prevent and combat this form of violence, and including this issue in the training of law enforcement officials and other relevant professional groups; (m) Improve the regime of activities for remand prisoners in accordance with international standards; (n) Provide information to the Committee on legal and other measures undertaken to ensure the systematic review of interrogation rules, instructions, methods and practices for persons deprived of their liberty; (o) Continue with its efforts to strengthen human rights education and training activities on the prohibition of torture and