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(c)
the camps;
(d)
Steps should be taken to stop people from selling land that they do not own in
A rights-based strategy on evictions should be publicized and put into effect;
(e)
prepared;
Effective strategies to alleviate the situation of displaced persons should be
(f)
facilities;
Lighting should be provided throughout the camps, especially in sanitary
(g)
Steps should be taken to ensure that forced returns of Haitians, where
unavoidable, are carried out in observance of the relevant legal norms and that they do not
place an additional burden on the country.
The workings of State institutions
81.
With regard to reform of the judicial system and efforts to combat impunity, the
Independent Expert recommends that the following measures be taken:
(a)
The three law reform acts passed in 2007 should be implemented in order to
ensure the clear and effective separation of the executive and judicial branches;
(b)
The appointment of the President of the Court of Cassation should be made a
priority in the State reform process;
(c)
The Supreme Council of the Judiciary should be established and supplied
with trained staff and funding to enable it to operate with absolute independence and to
proceed with recruitment of judges;
(d)
launched;
The programme for the certification and recruitment of judges should be
(e)
Funding for the national system of legal aid should continue to be provided
until a more durable solution is found.
82.
With regard to the prison system, the state of prisons and conditions of detention, the
Independent Expert recommends that the following measures be taken:
(a)
A study should be carried out to analyse why the conditions of detention vary
so much from one jurisdiction to another and hone support strategies for the prisons sector;
(b)
Initiatives aimed at dealing with prison overcrowding and the problem of
ageing infrastructure should be continued and stepped up;
(c)
guaranteed;
The provision of prison meals of sufficient quality and quantity should be
(d)
Convicts serving prison sentences and persons in pretrial detention should be
kept physically apart by making a distinction between facilities for convicts and short-stay
prisons;
(e)
Certain criminal procedures, especially those concerning non-custodial
sentences, should be clarified and simplified;
(f)
A procedure should be established requiring the public prosecutor’s office to
have persons suspected of committing major or minor offences brought before an
investigating judge within 48 hours, if referral to a court is necessary;
(g)
Steps should be taken to make use of summary trials, with the consent of the
chief justice of the court of first instance;
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