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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;
(e)
Seek investment and technical assistance to establish a training
programme for forensic experts on the assessment of torture and ill-treatment, in
accordance with international standards, including the Istanbul Protocol, and train
the prosecution and the judiciary on how to evaluate forensic reports;
(f)
Ensure that victims of torture or ill-treatment obtain redress and fair
and adequate compensation for violations of their rights, including the means for the
fullest rehabilitation possible, establish mechanisms within the national health system
to provide all victims with rehabilitation, and fund programmes administered by nongovernmental organizations that provide medical, psychological and social
rehabilitation and ensure they are not subject to reprisals.
114. 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)
Ensure the National Commission for Human Rights and Freedoms is an
independent and impartial institution, established in accordance with the Paris
Principles;
(c)
Accelerate the designation of the National Commission for Human
Rights and Freedoms as the national mechanism for the prevention of torture, in
accordance with article 17 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture,
and request technical assistance to ensure that the Commission has an independent
operating budget and sufficient financial and human resources so it can inspect all
places of detention regularly, including pretrial detention facilities, based on the
principles of unrestricted and unannounced access to all places of detention and
private and confidential interviews with all detainees. In addition to making
unannounced visits, it should provide detailed reports (including data collection),
receive complaints, initiate or promote prosecutions, produce findings and implement
recommendations;
(d)
In addition to national monitoring, permit regular, independent and
impartial regional and international monitoring (by, for example, the International
Committee of the Red Cross and the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture) based
on the principles of unrestricted and unannounced access to all places of detention
and private and confidential interviews with all detainees;
(e)
In particular, allow non-governmental organizations to undertake
regular monitoring of places of detention and deliver much-needed medical and
educational services;
(f)
Provide training for law enforcement, health and legal professionals on
international human rights standards and on detecting, reporting and preventing
torture and ill-treatment.
115.
With regard to conditions of detention, the Government should:
(a)
As a matter of high priority, commit the funds necessary for institutional
reform to repair and upgrade or replace outdated detention facilities in order to
improve the physical conditions;
(b)
Recall that, regardless of the level of development of the country, it is
obliged to ensure minimum standards of conditions of detention, in accordance with
the Nelson Mandela Rules;
(c)
Provide each detainee with the minimum acceptable amount of floor
space, sufficient cubic quantity of air and ventilation, a separate mattress, adequate
sanitary conditions (including proper latrines that meet minimum hygiene standards)
and provide physical exercise;
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