During these monitoring visits, NPM has identified varying issues that could lead to torture, cruel or inhuman treatment in the detention facilities. 50. Following is a brief overview of issues identified by NPM with regard to torture which were shared with the relevant state authorities. a) The legal framework to prohibit torture and other inhuman treatment as required in the Constitution is currently lacking in the system. The recently drafted Bill on Anti‐Torture which criminalizes all forms of torture is pending at the Parliament for endorsement since 2010. c) Furthermore, there is a strong need for legislative and regulatory safeguards against torture which includes reviewing and adopting interrogation rules, instructions, methods and practices as well as arrangements for the custody and treatment of persons subjected to any form of arrest. Similarly, the juvenile residential detention centers and particularly the facility for special needs, geriatrics and psychiatric patients, need to do extensive work to strengthen their procedural guidelines and regulations in order to strengthen the protective measures that safeguard the rights and dignity of individuals residing under State care in the institutions. Police Integrity Commission (PIC) with HRCM and other relevant stakeholders worked on a minimum standard for police stations and custodial and this is still at draft stage. HRCM has provided comments for this draft. d) In general, the prisons and custodial do not have a formal categorization system with regard to crimes committed. However, some of the police stations have recently categorized the detainees. Likewise, the penitentiary services have also recently attempted to categorize prisoners according to their conduct, whereby prisoners’ progress from high security to low security based on good conduct. However, this type of categorization is neither accurately reflective in practice, nor is it in line with what is prescribed in the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners. According to authorities, categorization is impossible due to limited space and overcrowding. e) At present, there is no juvenile detention centre. As a result, the minors between ages of 16 to 18 who get arrested are detained in separate cells located within Chapter: Article 7 – Prohibition of Torture & Article 10 –Conditions of Detention b) There are no formal minimum standards established regarding treatment of detainees. Children under State care are placed in Kudakudhinge Hiyaa (children’s home), and this institution follows the Minimum Standards for Children’s Homes. 24