CAT/C/AND/CO/1 Monitoring of police action 10. The Committee is concerned at the absence of an independent body to monitor police action and investigate allegations and complaints of ill-treatment by members of the police force (arts. 2, 10, 12, 13 and 16). The State party should establish an independent mechanism to monitor action by the police and investigate allegations and complaints of ill-treatment by members of the police force and ensure that law enforcement officials receive training on the absolute prohibition of torture and ill-treatment. Discrimination, hate speech and violence against vulnerable groups 11. The Committee is concerned at the absence of specific legislation to prevent and punish discrimination and incitement to violence, as well as measures against hate speech and other hate crimes (arts. 2, 12, 13, and 16). The State party should take all necessary measures to prohibit and punish discrimination and incitement to violence against vulnerable groups and ensure that all hate crimes are always investigated, prosecuted and the perpetrators convicted and punished. In addition, the State party should take all necessary measures to prevent and condemn hate speech. National human rights institution 12. While noting the State party’s commitment during the universal periodic review in November 2010 to establish a national human rights institution in accordance with the Principles relating to the Status of National Institutions (the Paris Principles), the Committee is concerned that such an institution has not yet been established three years later (art. 2). The Committee recommends that the State party establish an independent national institution for the promotion and protection of human rights, with an appropriate mandate and adequate financial and staffing resources, in full compliance with the Principles relating to the Status of National Institutions (the Paris Principles) and request accreditation from the International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights. Violence against women 13. The Committee is concerned at the absence of specific legislation prohibiting all forms of violence against women and children, including domestic and sexual violence, as well as marital rape, and at the low number of investigations, prosecutions and convictions of the perpetrators of acts of violence against women (arts. 2, 12, 13, 14 and 16). The State party should: (a) Amend its legislation with a view to ensuring that all forms of violence against women and children are offences under the Criminal Code, including domestic and sexual violence and rape; (b) Ensure that reports of domestic violence, including sexual violence and violence against children, are registered by the police, that such incidences of violence are promptly, impartially and effectively investigated and perpetrators prosecuted and punished in accordance with the gravity of their acts; (c) Sensitize and train law enforcement personnel and judicial officials in the Public Prosecutor’s Office in investigating and prosecuting cases of domestic violence and conduct awareness-raising campaigns for the general public; 3