A/66/44 The Committee recommends that the State party continue its efforts in reducing the backlog of court cases and take all necessary measures to that effect, including noncustodial measures. Ombudsman (11) The Committee notes the new role of the Human Rights Ombudsman as a national preventive mechanism under the Optional Protocol, but is concerned about the inadequate funding of the Ombudsman’s office and about information on the scope of its mandate to carry out its own investigation into allegations of torture and ill-treatment (art. 2). The State party should further strengthen the structure of the office of the Ombudsman and broaden its mandate to carry out its own investigation into allegations of torture and ill-treatment and provide it with adequate human, material and financial resources in line with the principles relating to the status of national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights (Paris Principles). Complaints, investigation and prosecution of the acts of torture (12) The Committee notes the data provided by the State party on cases of investigations of ill-treatment under various sections of the Penal Code, such as abuse of power, falsification of documents, threats, negligence and others, and is concerned by the lack of information on cases investigated or complaints submitted under article 265 of the Penal Code on torture (arts. 12 and 13). The Committee urges the State party to ensure prompt, impartial and effective investigation into all allegations of torture and ill-treatment and to prosecute perpetrators of such acts. It requests the State party to provide the Committee with data disaggregated by sex, age, ethnicity or origin of the victims, on the number of complaints, investigations, prosecutions, convictions and sentences imposed under article 265 of the Penal Code. Conditions of detention (13) While welcoming the measures taken by the State party to improve considerably the conditions of detention, including the construction of new facilities and the renovation of existing ones, the Committee remains concerned about the problems of overcrowding especially in major prisons such as the Dob, Ljubljana, Maribor, Koper and Novy Mesto prisons. The Committee is further concerned about insufficient mechanisms to prevent suicide in prisons (arts. 11 and 16). The State party should intensify its efforts to bring the conditions of detention in places of deprivation of liberty into line with the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, as well as other relevant international standards, in particular by reducing prison overcrowding, expanding non-custodial forms of detention and providing adequate accommodation and psychosocial support care for detainees who require psychiatric supervision and treatment. The Committee also recommends that the State party take all necessary measures to investigate and prevent suicide in places of detention. Psychiatric facilities (14) The Committee appreciates the information provided during the dialogue by the representatives of the State party, but regrets the lack of information on cases of involuntary placement in psychiatric institutions when only some and not all criteria established in the Mental Health Act are met and the lack of information on the number of complaints and appeals against involuntary placement in psychiatric hospitals. Despite the information provided during the dialogue, the Committee regrets the lack of information on use of 120 GE.11-45568