A/HRC/28/68/Add.4 compliant and that preventative measures to eliminate torture and ill-treatment are integrated into their respective working methods, and ensure that individuals who engage in freedom of expression, association or peaceful assembly are not targeted through tactics of intimidation, harassment or violence; (g) Seek investment and technical assistance to establish a specialized training programme for forensic experts on the assessment of ill-treatment and torture, in accordance with international standards, including the Manual on Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (the Istanbul Protocol); and train the prosecution and the judiciary on how to evaluate forensic reports. 110. With regard to the monitoring and inspection of places of detention, the Government should: (a) Take concrete measures to ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, to create a national system of regular prison monitoring by independent experts and to establish an effective complaints mechanism; (b) Accelerate the review of the National Human Rights Commission Bill, 2014 that is before the National Assembly to ensure that it will be an independent and impartial institution, established in accordance with the principles relating to the status of national institutions (the Paris Principles); (c) Accelerate the designation of the National Human Rights Commission as the national mechanism for the prevention of torture, in accordance with article 17 of the Optional Protocol, and request technical assistance to ensure that the Commission, once established, has an independent operating budget and sufficient financial and human resources so it can inspect all places of detention regularly, including pretrial detention. In addition to making unannounced visits, it should provide detailed reports, receive complaints, initiate or promote prosecutions, produce findings and implement recommendations; (d) Shut down unofficial places of detention, the existence of which violates international law, and allow access by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to all places of detention,33 under terms that are acceptable to the ICRC; (e) Encourage non-governmental organizations to undertake regular monitoring of places of detention and deliver much-needed medical and educational services, and provide training for law enforcement, health and legal professionals on international human rights standards and on detecting, reporting and preventing torture and ill-treatment. 111. To address overcrowding in prisons, the Government should: (a) Ensure more active State participation, by the Prisons Service, the Prosecutor’s Office and the judiciary, to implement a more sustained programme to reduce the levels of overcrowding; (b) Review the cases of non-violent and low-risk offenders with the aim of releasing them unconditionally or under reasonable conditions so that bail and effective monitoring becomes a standardized practice to reduce the number of remand prisoners; 33 The International Committee of the Red Cross has been denied access to places of detention in the Gambia since 2006. 21