A/HRC/10/83 Page 23 1. Follow the recommendations made by the Committee Against Torture with a view to adopting all necessary measures to combat impunity (Switzerland); 2. Establish a national human rights institution ( South Africa )in compliance with the Paris Principles (United Kingdom); 3. Ensure the full and equal enjoyment by women of all human rights without discrimination (Canada); to take effective measures to combat violence against women (Canada); to adopt a law on equal rights and equal opportunities to protect the endangered elements of society, namely children, women and people with disabilities (Hungary); 4. Take all necessary measures to prevent torture (Germany, United Kingdom, France, The Netherlands, Denmark, Canada) and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment (France, Canada), in particular in places of detention (France, Sweden), in line with international law obligation (Netherlands) and report about the results in the next UPR round (Netherlands) and ensure that the absolute prohibition of torture is observed, (United Kingdom, Denmark, Netherlands), as recommended (United Kingdom); to adopt a zerotolerance approach to the continuing problem of torture, and to the practice of impunity, as recommended by the Committee Against Torture and the Special Rapporteur (Ireland), to initiate investigations into all allegations of torture or other forms of ill-treatment (Denmark, Austria, Canada), in a thorough, impartial and independent manner (Denmark, Austria), as required by international human rights law (Austria), bring to justice, prosecute and punish all alleged perpetrators (Denmark, Canada), provide victims of torture with adequate reparation in accordance with international human rights obligations (Austria); 5. Keep all places of detention under systematic review (Canada); guarantee detainees their fundamental rights, especially the right of access to a lawyer (Hungary), ensure in practice better access of every detainee to lawyers, family members (Poland United Kingdom) medical treatment and other legal guarantees to ensure protection from torture (Poland), enable unfettered and continue access of ICRC to detention facilities (Canada), continue to allow unfettered regular access of the ICRC to detention and prison facilities (Czech Republic) to all detention facilities (Slovakia, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary) in accordance with the ICRC standard working procedures also beyond the trial period (Slovakia) following the encouraging agreement reached in March 2008 (Canada); consider giving priority to the training of law enforcement officials regarding the treatment of detainees (Denmark) 6. Ensure that the judiciary has the necessary independence from the executive branch, limiting the attributions of the latter to the appointment of judges, in particular to the Supreme Court (Chile) 7. Introduce a simpler registration process for religious organizations than currently exists (United Kingdom); 8. Do its utmost to eliminate forced child labour and intensify its efforts to effectively implement the national legislation, in particular the labour code of

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