(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)
periods;
Refrain from detaining asylum-seekers and illegal immigrants for prolonged
(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;
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