(d) The State party should consider amending the relevant section of the Compensation Relating to Torture Act of 1996, to ensure that all detainees have access to a proper medical examination at the time of arrest and upon release; (e) Prohibit the use of incommunicado detention. The Committee recommends that persons held incommunicado should be released, or charged and tried under due process. The State party should provide to the Committee information on the exact number and location of detention places and other detention facilities used by the Royal Nepalese Army, the Armed Police Force and the Police, and the number of persons deprived of liberty; (f) The State party should take measures to ensure compliance by security forces of all orders of the courts, including habeas corpus; (g) The State party should take the necessary steps to protect juveniles from breaches of the Convention, and ensure proper functioning of a juvenile justice system in compliance with international standards, differentiating treatment according to age. Systematic review of all places of detention (22) The Committee is concerned about the lack of an effective systematic review of all places of detention, including regular and unannounced visits to such places by national and international monitors. The State party should consider setting up a national system to review all places of detention, and react to findings of the systematic review. (23) The Committee is also concerned that in a number of instances, national and international monitors were not granted either access to places of detention or sufficient cooperation in their fact-finding visits. The Committee is further concerned about the adoption of the new Code of Conduct for Non-Governmental Organizations, which will, inter alia, severely limit the monitoring capacity of NGOs. The Committee recommends that the State party consider amending the Code of Conduct for Non-Governmental Organizations so that it is in line with international human rights standards on the protection of human rights defenders. The State party should ensure that national and international monitors are granted permission to carry out regular, independent, unannounced and unrestricted visits to all places of detention. The State party should facilitate visits by, for example, the International Committee of the Red Cross, OHCHR, the National Human Rights Commission, and national and international NGOs. Impunity (24) The Committee is concerned about the prevailing climate of impunity for acts of torture and ill-treatment and the continued allegations of arrests without warrants, extrajudicial killings, deaths in custody and disappearances (art. 12). The State party should send a clear and unambiguous message condemning torture and ill-treatment to all persons and groups under its jurisdiction. The State party should take effective legislative, administrative and judicial measures to ensure that all allegations of arrest without warrants, extrajudicial killings, deaths in custody and disappearances are promptly investigated, prosecuted and the perpetrators punished. In connection with prima facie cases of torture, the accused should be subject to suspension or reassignment during the investigation. 35

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