Understanding granting free access to police facilities. However, its visits so far were in reaction to complaints, and no unannounced visits to places of detention and/or private interviews with detainees took place; The National Commission on Violence against Women monitors the situation of violence against women in the country, but undertakes visits to places of detention only on an ad hoc basis. scheduled for review, including a proposal by Komnas HAM to open up police facilities to unannounced visits and private interviews with detainees. With the aim of strengthening the implementation of its tasks, Komnas HAM has been developing amendments to the Laws on Human Rights (39/1999) and Human Rights Courts (No. 26/2000). Excessive violence 86. The Special Rapporteur recalls that excessive violence during military and police actions can amount to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. The Government of Indonesia should take all steps necessary to stop the use of excessive violence during police and military operations, above all in conflict areas such as Papua and Central Sulawesi. There were consistent allegations about the use of excessive force by security forces, who routinely engaged in largely indiscriminate village “sweeping” operations in search of alleged independence activists and their supporters, or raids on university boarding houses, using excessive force. Conditions of detention 87. The Government of Indonesia should continue efforts to improve detention conditions, in particular with a view to providing health care, treat rather than punish persons with mental disabilities, and improve the quantity and quality of food. The Government, in all detention contexts, should ensure the separation of minors from adults and of pre-trial prisoners from convicts and train and deploy female personnel to women’s sections of prisons and custody facilities. Conditions of detention varied considerably throughout the country, facilities in urban areas were overcrowded, while prisons outside of Java offered enough space; Overcrowded facilities, e.g. Chipinang prison, were confronted with sanitary and health difficulties, corruption, and inter-prisoner violence; Numerous complaints about the quality of food were voiced; Punishment cells as well as new arrival areas were not in line with international standards; Persons with mental disabilities were often Non-governmental sources: Army, police and particularly mobile paramilitary units (Brimob) conduct largely indiscriminate village “sweeping” operations in the Central Highlands of Papua, often using excessive, sometimes lethal force against civilians. Soldiers routinely arrest Papuans without legal authority, transfer them to military barracks and ill-treat them. Prison guards continue to torture inmates inside Abepura prison. A/HRC/13/39/Add.6 82 Rights and the National Commission on Violence against Women in their endeavours to become effective players in the fight against torture and provide them with the necessary resources and training to ensure their effective functioning.