CAT/C/ISR/CO/5 37. The State party should take effective measures, including adequate training for relevant personnel, to ensure that security controls at checkpoints are carried out in a humane and respectful way, in accordance with the Convention. It should also ensure that there are no undue delays or restrictions for the passage of persons, in particular in emergency cases. Allegations of acts of violence by State party’s settlers 38. While taking note of the measures taken by the State party to address settler-related violence, including the establishment in March 2013 of the Nationalistic-Motivated Crimes Unit, a special police unit operating within the West Bank, the Committee is concerned at allegations that acts of violence by settlers of the State party against Palestinians continue to be committed in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem (art. 16). 39. The State party should take more effective measures to prevent acts of violence by settlers. In line with the Committee’s previous recommendation (CAT/C/ISR/CO/4, para. 32), the State party should also redouble its efforts with a view to ensuring that all allegations of acts of violence perpetrated by settlers are promptly and impartially investigated; that the alleged perpetrators are brought to justice and, if found responsible, appropriately punished; and that victims are afforded appropriate redress. House demolitions 40. Recalling its previous concluding observations (CAT/C/ISR/CO/4, para. 33), the Committee is concerned that the policy of punitive demolitions of houses resided in by perpetrators or alleged perpetrators of attacks against Israelis was resumed in July 2014 after having been suspended and not used, with two exceptions in 2008 and 2009, since 2005 (art. 16). 41. The State party should take all the measures necessary to put an end to the policy of punitive house demolitions, as it violates article 16 of the Convention. Postponement of return of bodies 42. The Committee is concerned at information that, at the time of the dialogue, the State party was postponing, on the basis of security concerns the return of the bodies of 18 Palestinians to their families. In this respect, the Committee notes the information provided by the delegation that, after a new evaluation of all the relevant circumstances, the State party has agreed to initiate the return of the bodies for the purpose of burial, subject to arrangements to guarantee that the burial process would be conducted in a secure and nonviolent manner (art. 16). 43. The State party should take the measures necessary to return the bodies of the Palestinians that have not yet been returned to their relatives as soon as possible so they can be buried in accordance with their traditions and religious customs, and to avoid that similar situations are repeated in the future. Detention of persons entering the State party irregularly 44. The Committee takes note of the decisions adopted by the High Court of Justice in 2013-2015 relating to the detention regime under the Prevention of Infiltration Law and of the amendments that were made to the law as a result. However, it is concerned that the current text of the law provides that a person who enters Israel irregularly, with certain exceptions, is to be detained for a period of up to three months. The Committee notes that, according to the law, if the person cannot be deported, that period is followed by up to 12 GE.16-08992 9