A/HRC/43/49/Add.1 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; 17

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