A/HRC/43/13 121.34 Accelerate the process of revision of the law prohibiting torture to harmonize it with the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Chile); 121.35 Redouble efforts to improve the living conditions and treatment of prisoners, including nutrition and medical care (Côte d’Ivoire); 121.36 Improve the conditions of detention by combating the excessive use of pretrial detention to avoid overcrowding, in accordance with international standards (Croatia); 121.37 Bring its prisons and detention conditions into line with the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (Denmark); 121.38 Accelerate the revision process of Act No. 2008-008, to ensure that the criminalization of torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment is in line with international standards (France); 121.39 Reform the penitentiary system to ensure better conditions of detention, especially for children, and to avoid long-term preventive detention, and ban extrajudicial executions (France); 121.40 Take effective measures to prevent arbitrary killings by police forces and to bring those found guilty of such actions to justice (Germany); 121.41 Strengthen efforts to prevent the use of torture, especially in law enforcement (Indonesia); 121.42 (Iraq); Investigate allegations of torture and prosecute the perpetrators 121.43 Adopt measures to tackle the phenomenon of extrajudicial executions and ensure that perpetrators are brought to justice (Italy); 121.44 Strengthen efforts to improve conditions in the penitentiary system, by addressing the problem of prison overcrowding, and amend the Code of Criminal Procedure with the aim of reducing the duration of pretrial detention (Italy); 121.45 Continue efforts to combat torture, both in law and in practice, and launch awareness and training programmes for police and security agencies (Lebanon); 121.46 Review the applicable national legislation to guarantee the inclusion of sanctions against ill-treatment, the removal of the statute of limitations on acts of torture and the inadmissibility as evidence before the courts of confessions obtained under duress or torture (Mexico); 121.47 Rehabilitate detention centres and streamline judicial proceedings, in particular with regard to the enforcement of court decisions (Senegal); 121.48 Guarantee the independence of the judiciary, continue efforts to establish an accessible and efficient system of justice, provided with resources, and limit the competence of traditional justice mechanisms (“dina” courts), ensuring the conformity of decisions with international human rights standards (Spain); 121.49 Limit the use of pretrial detention, by establishing reasonable terms and applying alternatives to pretrial detention (Spain); 121.50 Limit the length of pretrial detention, in law and in practice, in conformity with international standards (Switzerland); 121.51 Integrate measures to identify and combat abusive pretrial detention into national action plans on prison reform (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland); GE.19-21780 13

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