A/HRC/4/97 page 9 27. The continued absence of a fully functioning national central detention register, despite its announcement by the Government in December 2005 (see E/CN.4/2006/107, para. 27), as well as the lack of accurate record-keeping at many prisons and police stations around the country make it difficult to monitor the legal status and release of detainees and remain issues which need to be addressed. OHCHR is also concerned that poor record-keeping of detentions in police custody and delays in handing over detainees to judicial authorities facilitated arbitrary detention. It is also concerned about individual cases of children and juveniles in police custody. 28. OHCHR also investigated allegations of arbitrary detention, ill-treatment and three deaths in custody in national park detention facilities in 2006, one of them allegedly as a result of torture. Two park wardens were detained in connection with the latter case. C. CPN(M) and human rights 29. In addition to provisions in the peace agreements, CPN(M) made other commitments to respect human rights, including a 17 April 2006 statement declaring general respect for and commitment to international humanitarian law and human rights norms, as well as 2 September 2006 directives for action to be taken against those responsible for beatings, abductions, killings and forced donations. Conflict-related violations by CPN(M) ended after the ceasefire, but in the following months there were serious concerns about abuses particularly related to its “law enforcement” and “people’s courts” activities, as well as child recruitment. Many of these concerns were raised in a report published in September 2006 in which OHCHR called upon CPN(M) to end such abuses and hold those responsible accountable. 30. After April, CPN(M) extended its parallel structures, most notably “people’s courts”, to district headquarters and villages where they had previously not been present. Following a 3 July “special directive” by the CPN(M) chairman most of the “people’s courts” stopped hearing complaints in district headquarters, but continued to function in rural areas and close to district headquarters. OHCHR confirmed almost 350 reports of abductions, including some 30 children, carried out by CPN(M) from April to November. Since the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, there was a sharp drop in abductions except in the Central region where 36 abductions were confirmed up to 5 January. Most of those abducted whose cases were monitored by OHCHR were released. Some remained in captivity after being “sentenced”, usually to forced corrective labour. 31. CPN(M) accusations against those abducted included robbery, murder, and drug-related incidents. Some were accused of violating cultural traditions, mostly by engaging in “illicit sexual relations”. A significant number of those abducted by CPN(M) were reportedly accused of gender-based violence. A small number of abductees were reportedly held because of their links with the army or previous regime. 32. Abductees were often moved from one place to another, being held in private houses, factories or other such buildings. At times, CPN(M) delayed OHCHR access to such captives, especially in Kathmandu Valley. Cases of ill-treatment and torture were reported and OHCHR sometimes witnessed injuries consistent with allegations. Some abuses were carried out by CPN(M) organizations such as the CPN(M) trade union, All Nepal National Trade Union Federation (Revolutionary), and the Youth Communist League.