CCPR/C/LVA/CO/3 prosecuted and, if convicted, punished with appropriate sanctions, and the victims are adequately compensated; (d) Improve its research and data collection methods in order to establish the magnitude of the problem, its causes and the consequences for women; (e) Ensure adequate assistance, including psychosocial counselling, and the availability of a sufficient number of adequately resourced shelters. Right to life 10. The Committee is concerned about deficiencies in reporting on the results of investigations and prosecutions and the application of appropriate penalties in instances of death in places of detention (including cases of suicide and drug intoxication). The Committee is also concerned about the lack of an independent mechanism for examination of instances of death in psychiatric institutions (art. 6). The State party should ensure that all instances of death in places of detention are properly investigated and reported. The State party should also ensure that independent reviews and evaluations of the work of the commissions established following a death in a psychiatric institution, which only consist of medical personnel and members of the administration of the hospital concerned, are carried out periodically. Torture 11. The Committee is concerned that the penalties for acts of torture, stipulated in several articles of the Criminal Law, do not represent appropriate sanctions for such criminal acts and that acts of torture are subject to a statute of limitations, the duration of which is not commensurate with the gravity of the crime. The Committee is also concerned at reports of inadequate observance of article 7 of the Covenant in the context of extraditions (art. 7). The State party should: (a) Include torture as a specific crime in the Criminal Law and stipulate sanctions for acts of torture which are commensurate with the gravity of such offences; (b) Amend the statute of limitations for acts of torture to be commensurate with the duration of statutory limitations for other crimes of a serious nature under the law of the State party, so that all acts of torture, including attempted acts of torture and complicity and participation in their commission, can be effectively investigated, and as relevant, prosecuted and punished; (c) Ensure that it complies with the requirements of article 7 of the Covenant when determining the permissibility of extraditions. Investigation of torture and ill-treatment by law enforcement officers 12. The Committee notes with satisfaction the intention of the State party to reform the Internal Security Office of the State Police, as well as the Prison Authority; however, it remains concerned that the Internal Security Office of the State Police and the Prison Authority, which are mandated to investigate unlawful conduct by members of the police and prison staff, are not fully independent, as complaints are investigated by a police force investigator and senior members of the prison authority. The Committee is also concerned at continued reports of instances of physical violence and ill-treatment of detainees by law 4