CCPR/C/BIH/CO/1 page 4 The State party should ensure that victims of mental torture are granted victim of war status in both Entities and that the personal disability benefits received by civilian victims of war are harmonized among the Entities and cantons and adjusted to the personal disability benefits received by war veterans. The State party should include in its next periodic report updated statistical information on the number of victims of mental torture and/or sexual violence receiving disability benefits, disaggregated by sex, age, ethnic group and place of residence, as well as on the amount of such benefits. 16. The Committee is concerned about the incidence of trafficking in persons, especially women and ethnic minority children, for purposes of prostitution or forced labour such as organized begging in the streets, and about the leniency of the sentences imposed on perpetrators of such acts of trafficking. It is also concerned about the failure to make adequate budgetary provisions for the State party’s anti-trafficking programmes and the high dependency of such programmes on international donors. (art. 8) The State party should ensure that the perpetrators of acts of trafficking in persons are effectively prosecuted; that judges, prosecutors and law enforcement officers receive intensified training on the application of anti-trafficking and anticorruption standards; that sufficient funds are allocated from the State budget to victim assistance and witness protection programmes; and that effective measures are taken to combat the exploitation of children, especially Roma and other ethnic minority children, for the purpose of street begging or other forced labour. 17. While acknowledging the existence of significant legal guarantees against arbitrary detention and possible ill-treatment, the Committee is concerned by the possibility of 72-hour detention in police custody and the information suggesting that detainees are not always informed of their rights, including the right of legal representation, at the stages of both prosecutorial and judicial authorization for pre-trial detention, and by the limited access to prosecutorial motions for detention. (arts. 7 and 9) The State party should ensure that all personnel involved in the administration of justice afford full implementation of the rights of those deprived of freedom and that such persons are guaranteed full equality of arms. 18. The Committee notes with concern that, under article 132 (d) of the Code of Criminal Procedure of Bosnia and Herzegovina, criminal suspects can be placed in pre-trial detention if the alleged offence is punishable by a prison sentence exceeding 10 years solely on the ground that the judge finds that reasons of public security or security of property warrant such detention. (art. 9) The State party should consider removing from the Code of Criminal Procedure of Bosnia and Herzegovina the ill-defined concept of public security or security of property as a ground for ordering pre-trial detention. 19. The Committee is concerned about the poor conditions of detention in Entity police establishments and prisons which are frequently overcrowded, understaffed, insufficiently equipped, and offer inadequate out-of-cell activities and exercise. It is also concerned about poor material and hygienic conditions, lack of qualified staff and inadequate, pharmacotherapy-based treatment of mental health patients and inmates, in particular at

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