A/HRC/8/37* Page 14 4. (a) To promptly, impartially and thoroughly investigate all reports of acts of torture and ill-treatment, and torture and forced disappearance perpetrated by agents of the State, ensuring that the military criminal justice system does not carry out these investigations, and take further efforts to ensure that those who report acts of torture or ill-treatment are protected from intimidation and reprisals and to implement the recommendations of the Committee against Torture made in this regard (Canada); (b) To cooperate more closely with the Committee against Torture especially by setting up a national complaint registration and investigation system and a national preventive mechanism (Mexico); 5. To continue to implement its policies, plans and services to protect the advancement of women and to protect them against violence (Chile) and expand the definition of violence against women in accordance with the recommendations of CEDAW (Turkey); 6. To undertake legislative reforms to criminalize trafficking in persons, in accordance with the definition contained in the Palermo Protocol (Mexico); 7. In accordance with the conclusions adopted by the Committee on the Rights of the Child in 2006, measures should be increased to stop child labour and to promote social reintegration of child and adolescent victims of exploitation (Italy); 8. To continue to cooperate with the activities of the Ombudsman (Republic of Korea); 9. To intensify efforts in fully implementing all the recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), in particular with regard to victims’ compensation and institutional reforms (France, Canada, Philippines, Germany, Republic of Korea), and to report back to the Human Rights Council. This should include the investigation of all cases of human rights violations committed during the twenty-year armed conflict and bringing to justice those responsible in trials meeting international standards and granting reparations to victims (Netherlands). The TRC implementation should also take into account the situation of vulnerable groups and institutional reforms (United Kingdom); 10. To provide the National Council for Reparations with financial and other resources (Belgium); 11. To further strengthen the capacities and independence of the judicial system and to effectively combat corruption within the judiciary (Germany); 12. To take measures to address the issue of prison overcrowding and poor prison conditions, including providing prisoners with access to medical staff and courtappointed counsel (Canada), especially in the Challapalca prison where detainees live under extreme climatic conditions (Uruguay); 13. To expedite prosecution of cases of violence and intimidation of the media, impose penalties for government officials convicted of these offences and

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