United Nations Human Rights Website - Treaty Bodies Database - Document - Sessional/Annual Report of Committee - 120. The Committee is concerned about the following: (a) The volume of complaints of torture, particularly related to the extraction of confessions; (b) The failure to investigate claims of torture promptly and to prosecute alleged offenders; (c) The current failure to make proper provision for compensation, restitution and rehabilitation of victims of torture; (d) The grossly inadequate conditions in places of detention, including prisons; (e) The alarming number of deaths in prison; (f) Internal exile, which may amount to a breach of article 16 of the Convention; (g) The unwillingness of many law enforcement officers to respect, in the exercise of their duties, the rights of persons under investigation and prisoners; (h) The existing procedures for the investigation of complaints of torture and ill-treatment, which are not demonstrably impartial; (i) The absence of proper guidelines for the taking of statements from persons under arrest and of firm criteria for their evidential evaluation. 5. Recommendations 121. The Committee recommends to the State party that: (a) A core document, providing general information on the State party, such as the land and the people, be prepared and forwarded to the Committee; (b) The Presidential Decree on urgent measures for the halting of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment be implemented as soon as possible; (c) The definition of torture contained in article 1 of the Convention be specifically incorporated in the Georgian Code of Criminal Law; (d) Incommunicado detention be abolished; (e) Rigorous educational programmes for the police, prison officers, doctors, prosecutors and judges be implemented to ensure that each group understands its constitutional role and its obligations under the Convention; (f) Resources be made available to improve prison conditions as a matter of urgency, including the provision of appropriate medical facilities; http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/(Symbol)/de75e94f920bd0a0802565a600537744?Opendocument (24 of 109)16/10/2006 9:54:12 AM