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42.
NHRIs should monitor their Governments’ obligation to respect, protect and fulfil the
rights of all people in detention, especially vulnerable or marginalised groups, and support
their reintegration within society;
43.
NHRIs should strive to strengthen the correctional system and its personnel, including
through:
(a)
Training of correctional staff (on human rights, interviewing and investigatory
techniques, the prohibition of torture, OPCAT, etc.);
(b)
Development of training materials for correctional staff on core international human
rights standards regarding the correctional system;
(c)
Revision of implementing regulations in line with international standards;
(d)
Visits or periodic inspections (announced and unannounced) of any place of
detention and confidential interviews with detainees;
(e)
Investigating complaints;
(f)
Assistance in vetting processes of staff of any place of detention;
(g)
Legislative review and proposals (possibly based on individual complaints),
including on minimum standards for correctional facilities; codes of conduct for
correctional staffs; the intake, incarceration and transfer of inmates;
(h)
Facilitating assistance to families of detained persons that appeal to the NHRI;
(i)
Appropriate protection and assistance for the best interest of children of women in
detention;
(j)
Ensuring the protection of detainees from torture and cruel inhuman and degrading
treatments and punishments; and
(k)
Raising community awareness concerning the dignity and justice for detainees.
Adopted in Nairobi,
24 October 2008
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