A/65/44 (g) Promptly, impartially and thoroughly investigate all allegations of illtreatment of child prisoners and take urgent steps to prevent acts of torture and illtreatment against child prisoners. The State party should also ensure that the deprivation of liberty is a last resort, used for the shortest time possible, and promote the use of alternatives to custodial sentences. Conditions of detention under the Special Internment Regime (20) The Committee notes with concern the allegations concerning the transfer of detainees to the Security Centre without an official warrant and the reports of incommunicado detention. Furthermore, the Committee is concerned about the conditions of detention at the Security Centre under the Special Internment Regime, with particular reference to allegations of ill-treatment by prison staff at the time of the detainee’s admission, prolonged detention in solitary confinement and restrictions on family visits, food, light and air (arts. 11 and 16). The Committee recommends that the State party guarantee the detainee’s right to due process in accordance with the Special Internment Regime and abolish all forms of incommunicado detention. The State party should investigate promptly, impartially and thoroughly all allegations of ill-treatment. It should also take steps to improve the conditions of detention under the Special Internment Regime so that they comply with the minimal international standards and principles relating to the rights of persons deprived of their liberty. Violence against women and femicide (21) The Committee notes the setting up of 14 Inter-Institutional Committees to implement the National Plan on Domestic Violence, the establishment of observatories on violence and the initiation in 2005 of the national research project on femicide. The Committee takes note of a draft bill on violence against women and the touring fairs aimed at educating and informing people about domestic violence. Nevertheless, it is very concerned at the prevalence of numerous forms of violence against women and girls, including sexual abuse, domestic violence and the violent deaths of women (femicide). The Committee is furthermore concerned at the absence of thorough investigations into reported cases and the impunity enjoyed by the perpetrators of such acts (arts. 12, 13 and 16). The State party should increase its efforts to ensure that urgent and efficient protection measures are put in place to prevent and combat violence against women and girls, including sexual abuse, domestic violence and femicide. The Committee considers that these crimes should not go unpunished and the State party should provide human and financial resources to punish the perpetrators of these acts. The State party should also organize widespread awareness-raising campaigns and training courses on violence against women and girls for officials in direct contact with the victims (law enforcement officers, judges, lawyers, social workers, etc.) as well as for the public at large. (22) The Committee is also concerned at reports of humiliating body inspections of women visiting places of detention, in particular at the fact that such inspections may be carried out by unqualified persons, including personnel without medical training (art. 16). The Committee emphasizes that inspections of women’s private parts can constitute cruel or degrading treatment and that the State party should take measures to ensure that such inspections are carried out only when necessary, by trained female medical professionals and taking every care to preserve the dignity of the woman being examined. 32 GE.10-44721