A/HRC/14/37 prisoners and independent inquiries into all of the crimes committed since the beginning of the crisis, particularly those of 26 January and 7 February 2009. 545. The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom expressed concern at the absence of a response from Madagascar to the recommendation to release all political prisoners, as well as its refusal to open a credible and independent process to investigate the deaths and events of the 2009 military coup. It also expressed concern at the lack of attention given to the events of January and February 2009, when reportedly up to 130 people had died. Additionally, it expressed deep concern at the testimony of torture by a number of victims, whose accounts had been widely documented. The situation in Madagascar had not changed since the Working Group session in February 2010, and numerous serious abuses continued to be reported. Lastly, it expressed deep concern at the failure of Madagascar to comply with international human rights conventions, to recognize the Rome Statute and to implement the Maputo agreement. 546. The International Federation of Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture noted with satisfaction the commitments made by Madagascar during the Working Group session. It congratulated Madagascar on having accepted the recommendation to take effective measures and to allocate adequate resources to ensure the respect of international standards in prisons, in particular regarding food, health and hygiene. It recalled that the conditions of detention in the country continued to raise concerns and could be considered to be equivalent to ill-treatment. Although the situation had improved in 2005 and 2007, it had seriously deteriorated since, in particular after the political crisis of 2009. Malnourishment was still the main cause of death in prisons. It encouraged Madagascar to take effective measures to prevent torture and ill-treatment and to limit the length of police custody. Lastly, it regretted the fact that Madagascar had rejected recommendations to abolish the death penalty. 4. Concluding remarks of the State under review 547. The delegation of Madagascar stated that all recommendations and remarks made by States and non-governmental organizations had been taken into account. They allowed the identification of the country’s strengths and weaknesses regarding the promotion and protection of human rights. Madagascar reiterated its readiness to meet the challenge to continually improve its policies and programmes related to human rights, especially through the implementation of the observations of treaty bodies and the recommendations made by the Council at the universal periodic review. Madagascar acknowledged that shortcomings had been ascertained and, in order to find a remedy, it emphasized the importance of technical cooperation with international bodies, working in the field of human rights, understood as universal and interdependent. Iraq 548. The review of Iraq was held on 16 February 2010 in conformity with all the relevant provisions contained in Human Rights Council resolution 5/1, and was based on the following documents: (a) The national report submitted by Iraq in accordance with the annex to Council resolution 5/1, paragraph 15 (a) (A/HRC/WG.6/7/IRQ/1); (b) The compilation prepared by OHCHR in accordance with paragraph 15 (b) (A/HRC/WG.6/7/IRQ/2); (c) The summary prepared by OHCHR in accordance with paragraph 15 (c) (A/HRC/WG.6/7/IRQ/3). 130 GE.12-17781