E/CN.4/1999/15 page 29 adviser. Its main purpose is to provide the victims and their families with post-traumatic care; its programme includes psychological and medical help as well as spiritual counselling given by volunteers such as doctors, psychologists, gynaecologists, psychiatrists, lawyers and religious leaders, in cooperation with crisis centres for women. In the medium term, its programme includes: (a) Expediting the ratification of international instruments dealing with the prevention of violence, rape and discrimination against women; (b) Reviewing all national laws and regulations in order to eliminate discrimination against women; (c) Conducting comprehensive studies on the root causes of rape and other violence against women; (d) Disseminating information on the rights of women, including their right to protection against violence; (e) Strengthening the capacity of public crisis centres for women; (f) Promoting cross-sectoral coordination between the Government and the community at large for the prevention of violence against women, including rape. 121. On 15 July 1998, the National Committee for the Prevention of Violence Against Women, chaired by Prof. Saparinah Sadli, was created with a view to implementing the National Programme on the Elimination of Violence against Women. This programme, under the direct responsibility of the President, will operate in cooperation with the National Committee on Human Rights, the implementing body of the National Plan of Action on Human Rights. 122. A Government fact-finding team was established, chaired by the Minister of Justice, consisting of the Chiefs of the Armed Forces, the Chief of the Prosecutor General's Office, the Chief of Police, the Minister of Health and the Minister for Women's Affairs. 123. On 23 July 1998, another independent fact-finding team was formed following a joint decision by the Minister of Justice, the Chief of the Armed Forces, the Minister of Home Affairs, the Chief of the Prosecutor General's Office, the Minister for Women's Affairs and the Minister for Foreign Affairs to shed light on the aforementioned incidents which occurred from 12 to 15 May 1998, including the shooting of four students in Jakarta on 12 May 1998. One of the responsibilities of the team will be to seek out of those responsible for planning and carrying out some of the criminal acts in the May riots, more particularly the institution(s) responsible for the occurrences rather than the individual perpetrators themselves, who would be practically impossible to identify. The work of this independent team is being conducted in parallel with the investigations being carried out by the military and other State institutions. The team has been given three months to complete its investigation and is expected to produce its report by the