A/HRC/22/65
(a)
Ensure that prisons are the places where rehabilitation of convicted
prisoners and detainees begins and that the fundamental rights of inmates are
respected;
(b)
Provide prisons with sufficient stocks of medical supplies, drugs and
food;
(c)
Provide the Croix des Bouquets prison with a budget and with sufficient
human and material resources to allow it to function according to the standards that
were originally set;
(d)
Sign and ratify the Convention against Torture and the Optional
Protocol thereto;
(e)
Conduct a review, in close cooperation with the Association for the
Prevention of Torture, among others, of the steps taken to establish and strengthen
national mechanisms to prevent torture;
(f)
Amend legislation in order to detach the prison service from the
National Police and place it under the authority of the Ministry of Justice and Public
Security;
(g)
Develop a framework law on prisons using a rights-based approach;
(h)
Conduct a comparative study on the use of extended pretrial detention in
each jurisdiction;
(i)
Ensure that in reform of the Criminal Code full account is taken of the
reforms that need to be made to the prison system and the use of extended detention
(introduction of new arrangements such as summary hearings and alternatives to
detention);
103.
The police:
(a)
Amend legislation to place the Office of the Inspectorate General of the
National Police under the authority of the Ministry of Justice and Public Security so
that it no longer reports to the Director-General of the National Police;
(b)
(c)
process;
Complete the vetting process;
Conduct an independent study on the implementation of the vetting
(d)
Tackle ongoing dysfunctions and rights abuses in certain police units and
departments;
(e)
Continue to support the Community Violence Reduction Programme;
(f)
Sustain and develop the work of the National Observatory on Violence
and Crime;
104.
Children:
(a)
Conduct a study on the situation of the “restavek” with a view to the
adaptation of procedures for addressing this issue;
(b)
Take advantage of the revision of the Labour Code to have the Minister
of Social Affairs and Labour address this issue;
(c)
Strengthen the legislation and procedures for combating crossborder
trafficking of children between Haiti and the Dominican Republic for the purposes of
sexual exploitation or employment;
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