A/HRC/22/13 measure as a means of protecting the public rather than as a tool of repression of freedom of expression or unjustifiable invasion of privacy. 18. The delegation stated that in its resolve to fight corruption, Zambia has enacted the Anti-Corruption Act No. 3 of 2012, which sought to domesticate, amongst other instruments, the United Nations Convention against Corruption. 19. The delegation stated that, consistent with its commitment to providing equal educational opportunities to all children, Zambia had built schools in most rural areas; had also taken steps to ensure that the new schools have quality and motivated teachers; and had embarked on mass recruitment of teachers with initiatives which include higher pay and better conditions of service. Of the total budget for 2013, 17.5 per cent has been dedicated to education. 20. As regards the concerns that have been raised in connection with the treatment of persons within the criminal justice system by the Police and Prisons Service, the delegations stated that the Government was committed to continued vigilance in an effort to enforce the law in a manner consistent with the Constitution and with the rights and dignity of all citizens. 21. Corporal punishment was outlawed in schools and in the prison system and the Constitution accorded protection from torture, without derogation. The Government has consistently trained law enforcement personnel in basic human rights and will continue to do so. 22. The delegation stated that the Government appreciated the gravity of the problem of overcrowding in some of the prisons. Although the problem remained critical, the Zambia Prisons Service has been decongesting highly congested prisons by transferring inmates to other prisons. Also, the Livingstone Central Prison has been renovated and upgraded to a grade “B” Maximum Prison. In addition, K4.7 billion (approximately US$1 million) have been allocated to complete the construction of a modern Maximum Security Prison in Mwembeshi. New prisons have been constructed in Western, Northern and Eastern provinces as part of the initiative to build prisons in all ten provinces. In addition, Presidential Pardons and conditional release by the National Parole Board have had a positive effect on reducing overcrowding in prisons. The Prisons amendment Act No. 16 of 2004, section 111 A, had been used and 56 terminally ill prisoners had been released from 2009. 23. The delegation stated that the Medical Directorate in the Prisons Service established in compliance with the Prisons amendment Act No. 16 of 2004 has formulated a five-year strategic plan for prison health matters. The directorate has sent Coordinators to all Prisons with the responsibility of collecting monthly statistics on HIV/TB rates to enable the Government to respond effectively to the needs of prisoners. There has been a reduction in control of the transmission of TB. The directorate has among its staff an environmental technician who advises on the fitness of the environment in which inmates live and on the food which they consume and a coordinating body on HIV/TB for related programmes. The Zambia Prisons Service has also taken measures to ensure that prisoners do not re-offend after discharge through a number of rehabilitation programmes which are handled by the Offender Management Unit in the Service. Zambia was cognizant of the fact that considerably more needed to be done to improve the situation in prisons. Challenges persist not for want of trying but because of the sheer extent to which the situation had escalated. 24. The delegation stated that Zambia viewed the rights of children as critical. The draft Constitution contained progressive clauses that would further enhance children’s rights, once adopted, as it would define a child in line with the Convention on the Rights of the Child. A review of all child-related legislation was being undertaken to harmonize the definition of a child. 5