A/HRC/22/9 100. With regard to combating corruption in the administration, the judiciary and the police, the delegation mentioned the creation of the unit to promote accountability in public life, the anti-corruption observatory, and the General State Inspectorate. The delegation also reported on the prosecution of persons suspected of acts of corruption. For instance, a number of company directors and senior members of the Office of the President of the Republic had recently been dismissed and were being tried by the competent courts. In the administration, the Government had set up structures to control the management of public resources in the ministries and State companies. 101. Under the right to health, the delegation noted that caesarean sections had been free since April 2009, and that the State had provided health facilities with the appropriate kits. The fight against malaria took the form of free treatment for pregnant women and children under 5 and the distribution of free insecticide-treated mosquito nets. In addition, in detention centres, improved health care for prisoners was organized through the distribution of medication. All prisons had been supplied with essential medication and medical equipment. 102. The delegation said that the independence of human rights defenders and the legal personality and financial independence of associations were guaranteed by the legislation in force. 103. With regard to human rights in prisons, the delegation highlighted that several initiatives had been undertaken to address prison overcrowding. An ad hoc commission had been set up to identify all prisoners who had been held in detention for nearly as long as the maximum legal sentence for the offence in question. As a result of the commission’s work, more than 800 prisoners had been released from among the 8,000-strong prison population. The delegation specified that the commission had been maintained so that it could carry out that task every year in order to avoid abuses of preventive detention. 104. The delegation added that, with the support of the European Union, a study on the introduction of software to manage prisoners had been carried out. Furthermore, the Government of Benin, with the support of the United States, had constructed six new courts of first instance. Thus, the implementation of the provisions of the new Code of Criminal Procedure concerning the creation of a liberty and custody judge and the duration of preventive detention would contribute to easing prison overcrowding. With regard to conditions of detention, the delegation pointed out that the Beninese Government had increased prisoners’ food rations from one to two hot meals per day in January 2010. 105. Turning to education, the delegation pointed out that significant funds had been mobilized by both the Government and the partners to guarantee education for the entire population by 2015, in accordance with the Millennium Development Goals. Programmes to recruit teachers, construct classrooms, build capacities and acquire teaching materials were developed every year for the education sector. 106. In conclusion, the delegation reiterated that all of the opinions, observations and recommendations would be given due consideration by the Beninese authorities with a view to finding solutions and strengthening democracy and human rights in Benin. II. Conclusions and/or recommendations** 107. The following recommendation will be examined by Benin which will provide responses in due time, but no later than the twenty-second session of the Human ** Conclusions and recommendations have not been edited. 14 GE.12-18655