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; GE.13-10672 19

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