CAT/C/BIH/CO/6 conducted on a regular basis, and recordings should be made available to victims of torture or ill-treatment and their lawyers and accepted in court proceedings. Impunity for acts of torture and ill-treatment 14. The Committee is concerned about the reported lack of a unified procedure for handling complaints by prisoners and at the absence of a fully independent body to receive and act on complaints against the police. It particularly regrets that, in the Canton of Sarajevo, the Police Complaints Unit is directly under the Police Director and is part of the police force, and that perpetrators are often appointed as crime investigators of complaints against themselves. The Committee is also concerned about reports that the authorities fail to undertake investigations into allegations of ill-treatment, and at the extremely low number of resolved cases — only two cases were formally resolved out of 269 complaints filed between 2010 and 2013 in Republika Srpska. The Committee also regrets reports that medical examinations requested by a complainant alleging ill-treatment are often conducted in the presence of the alleged perpetrator (arts. 12–13). 15. The Committee urges the State party to take all the necessary measures to change the culture of impunity for torture and ill-treatment by ensuring that: (a) All complaints of torture and ill-treatment are promptly, impartially and effectively investigated, and that those accused are prosecuted and, if found guilty, sentenced to penalties commensurate with the gravity of their acts; (b) A fully independent body is established to receive and act on allegations of torture and ill-treatment and that such body does not have any institutional or hierarchical connection with alleged perpetrators; (c) Public officials under criminal or disciplinary investigation for allegedly committing acts of torture or ill-treatment are immediately suspended from their duties and remain so throughout the investigation, subject to the observance of the principle of presumption of innocence; (d) Victims are protected against ill-treatment or intimidation that may arise as a consequence of their complaints, duly informed of the progress and results of their complaints, and able to exercise their right to judicial remedy and participation in proceedings whenever they disagree with the prosecution’s inaction. War crimes, including conflict-related crimes of sexual violence 16. While noting the information provided by the delegation on the amendment to the national War Crimes Strategy that a working group had been formed to decide on new deadlines for processing war crime cases, the Committee is concerned that the number of pending cases remains high and that numerous judgments rendered by the Constitutional Court are yet to be implemented. The Committee is seriously concerned about information that convicted perpetrators of war crimes of sexual violence routinely receive reduced sentences without any individual assessment, and are allowed to pay fines in lieu of imprisonment. While noting the progress made with regard to witness protection in courtrooms, the Committee remains concerned that the 2014 Law on Witness Protection Programme only applies to witnesses testifying before the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina (arts. 2, 12 and 16). 17. The Committee urges the State party to expedite the prosecution and processing of war crime cases and ensure that: (a) All persons suspected of complicity in and of perpetrating war crimes, including rape and sexual violence, are effectively and promptly brought to justice; (b) Domestic legislation on war crimes is harmonized throughout the State party and consistently applied in accordance with international legal standards; (c) Legislative measures are taken to preclude convicted perpetrators of war crimes from being exempted from their sanctions, including routine reduction of sentences and replacement of imprisonment by fines; 4