CAT/C/KGZ/CO/2 (b) Protect victims of domestic violence, including by establishing appropriate shelters across the country; and (c) Step up its awareness-raising campaigns to sensitize the population to these problems. Ill-treatment and torture based on sexual orientation and gender 19. The Committee is concerned at (a) reports of police harassment, arbitrary arrest, illtreatment and torture, including through sexual violence, perpetrated against persons on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender identity, including lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) persons; and (b) the authorities’ more general failure to investigate allegations of sexual violence by officials, to punish perpetrators of such violence and to provide effective remedies to victims, as in the case of Ms. Zulhumor Tohtonazarova. Furthermore, it is concerned at the little progress in investigating reports of rape and sexual violence during and after the June 2010 violence (arts. 2, 11 and 16). The State party should ensure prompt, impartial, and thorough investigations of all allegations of ill-treatment and torture committed by police and detention officials against LGBT persons or others on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender identity, and prosecute and, upon conviction, punish perpetrators with appropriate penalties. Conditions of detention 20. While noting some minor improvements in certain detention facilities, both with assistance from international organizations and through the Government’s own programmes, the Committee is concerned at the prevalence of extremely harsh living conditions in places of deprivation of liberty, including prison overcrowding, insufficient food and drinking water, lack of ventilation, lack of hygiene, the prevalence of tuberculosis, and poor health care. It is also concerned at the deplorable conditions of inmates sentenced to life imprisonment (A/HRC/19/61/Add.2, para. 69) (arts. 11 and 16). The State party should intensify efforts to improve the conditions of detention in places of deprivation of liberty, including detention facilities for inmates serving life terms, bringing them into line with international standards, inter alia the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (Economic and Social Council resolutions 663C (XXIV) and 2076 (LXII)). Violence against children 21. Although corporal punishment of children is unlawful in schools, the penal system and certain care settings, the Committee is concerned at allegations that a high number of children experience violence, abuse or neglect in the family and some care settings (art. 16). The State party should explicitly prohibit corporal punishment of children in all settings, including at home and in institutions and alternative care settings, and ensure awareness-raising and public education measures. Redress, including compensation and rehabilitation 22. While noting that victims’ rights to rehabilitation and compensation are guaranteed in domestic legislation (CAT/C/KGZ/2, paras. 219 et al.), the Committee is concerned at the State party’s failure to provide redress, including compensation and rehabilitation, to victims of torture and ill-treatment. The Committee regrets: (a) article 417 of the Criminal Procedure Code which hampers victim’s rights to redress from a civil court until a criminal court has convicted the perpetrators; (b) the State party’s failure to implement the Views of 9