A/HRC/12/50 and protect human rights. Chad needed technical and financial assistance from the international community. 462. South Africa expressed concern about the late publication of the Chad report, particularly for the Chadian delegation, which needed to review the report prior to its adoption. South Africa pointed out the substantial number of recommendations enjoying Chad’s support, and it reiterated the call to the international community to assist Chad through the provision of technical assistance and capacity-building programmes. It encouraged Chad to continue efforts to restore peace and security, to strengthen the implementation of domestic legislation, to enhance conformity of its domestic law with its human rights obligations, and to ensure full protection of, in particular, economic, social and cultural rights. 3. General comments made by other relevant stakeholders 463. The International Federation of ACAT (Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture-FIACAT) congratulated Chad for accepting the recommendation on the definition of torture in accordance with article 1 of the Convention against Torture. It recalled that the practice of torture was recurrent in police stations, gendarmerie and the so-called parallel prisons run by the traditional authorities, and encouraged Chad to incorporate in its criminal code appropriate sanctions against this crime. It encouraged Chad to deal with prison overcrowding and ensure decent conditions for detainees. It welcomed the acceptance of the recommendation related to giving the ICRC access to all detention facilities, including Korotoro. It remained concerned about the persistence of extrajudicial executions committed by the unit in charge of the protection of the environment. 464. Interfaith International noted with satisfaction the reforms made by Chad to improve its legislative and institutional framework, notably the provisions on fundamental freedoms, the justice system, female genital mutilation, early marriages and domestic violence. It encouraged the Government to create a healthy atmosphere, which would allow judging those who had committed crimes under the dictatorship of Hisséne Habré, as well as the crimes committed during the events of February 2008. 465. Amnesty International called on Chad to implement the recommendations of the national commission of enquiry into the events of N’Djamena in 2008 and to bring to justice those suspected of serious human rights violations; to cease the forced eviction of people in N’Djamena and to conduct a full and impartial enquiry into the role of police and the military in such evictions; to investigate and disclose the whereabouts of victims of enforced disappearance; to end the practice of secret detention and to make public the name and location of all detention facilities; to refrain from harassing human rights defenders and journalists and to repeal the provisions of ordinance No. 5 of 20 February 2008; and to improve measures to protect women and girls in internally displaced person and refugee camps in eastern Chad. It welcomed the Government’s initiative to hold a forum on human rights and its efforts to strengthen the national human rights commission and the Ministry of Human Rights. 466. The International Federation of Human Rights Leagues congratulated Chad for its universal periodic review commitments, but deplored the absence of any specific commitment regarding the protection of human rights defenders and journalists, and called on Chad to take into account the reality of sexual violence against women and to implement the Optional Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights regarding women’s rights. It welcomed Chad’s commitments to bring an end to arbitrary detentions, deplorable detention conditions, the use of torture in prisons, police stations and illegal detention places, and to punish perpetrators. It hoped that Chad would incorporate the definition of torture of the Convention against Torture into its criminal code. It encouraged 132