(b) their rights; (iii) The right to contact a lawyer prior to the interrogation; (iv) The right of the defendant to be assisted by an interpreter; (v) The provisions regarding the separation of remand prisoners from other prisoners; The issuing of an information sheet for detainees in 26 different languages informing them about (c) The new measures taken to improve conditions of detention, including the establishment of “open units” in police detention centres; (d) The new regulations on deportation procedures banning, inter alia, the use of any means blocking the respiratory system and providing for the medical examination of the alien prior to the flight, as well as for the observance of the proportionality principle in exercising measures of coercion. In particular, the Committee welcomes the involvement of relevant non-governmental organizations during the deportation process; (e) The new measures adopted to prevent ill-treatment of persons in police custody, including the ongoing revision of the Detention Regulations with a view to introducing alternative means of restraint, as well as the introduction of human rights aspects in training programmes for law enforcement personnel; (f) The new initiatives taken to address and prevent trafficking in human beings, in particular that victims of trafficking are regularly granted residence permits on humanitarian grounds, as well as the fact that the State party’s authorities have not restricted the definition of trafficking only to cases of sexual exploitation but include other forms of exploitation; (g) The publication in July 2005 of the last report of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the State party’s responses to it. (5) The Committee also welcomes: (a) The signature of the Optional Protocol to the Convention in September 2003, as well as the oral assurances given by the State party’s representatives that ratification is envisaged shortly; (b) The ratification of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court in 2001. C. Subjects of concern and recommendations Definition of torture (6) Notwithstanding the State party’s assertion that all acts that may be described as “torture” within the meaning of article 1 of the Convention are punishable under the Austrian Penal Code, the Committee observes that a definition of torture as provided by article 1 of the Convention is still not included in the Penal Code of the State party. The Committee reiterates its previous recommendation (A/55/44, para. 50 (a)) that the State party should establish adequate provisions in order to legally define torture in accordance with article 1 of the Convention, and criminalize it in accordance with article 4, paragraph 2, of the Convention. 8