9. If the FO country has not accepted the application of Article 22 of the UNCAT (allowing the right to make an individual complaint), is there a likelihood of this in future? Yes No Not known PART III Systemic Obstacles to Torture Prevention Please indicate by checking the box whether any of the following systemic obstacles to combating torture exist in the FO area: 1. Authority over the penitentiary system in the FO country rests with the Ministry of Justice? Yes No Not known If NO, please specify which body has this role 2. Authority over police custody cells in the FO country rests with the Ministry of Justice? Yes No Not known If NO, please specify which body has this role 3. The Prosecutor, rather than the judiciary, authorises and sanctions arrest and detention in the FO country at the pre-trial stage? Yes No Not known Additional comments: 4. The judiciary has no mandate to intervene in allegations of torture or ill-treatment in detention (for example this power may rest with the Prosecutor)? Yes No Not known Additional comments (if YES, please specify whether the judiciary exercises its mandate to intervene in practice) 5. Confessions are often the sole, or main, evidence used to obtain criminal convictions? Yes No Not known Additional comments: 6. One, or all, of the following groups have their performance evaluated, or are promoted, based on conviction rates? a) Police Yes No Not known b) Prosecutors Yes No Not known c) Judiciary Yes No Not known Additional comments: 46