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(c)
Ensure that the guidelines on the use of force during public demonstrations and
expulsions of foreigners are fully in keeping with the requirements of the Convention, guarantee
their full implementation and conduct immediate inquiries into any allegations of the excessive
use of force by law enforcement officials;
(d)
Give suspensive effect not only to emergency remedies applied for but also to
appeals filed by any foreigner against whom an expulsion order is issued and who claims that he
or she faces the risk of being subjected to torture in the country to which he or she is to be
returned;
(e)
Set a time limit for the detention of foreigners against whom an expulsion order is
issued, draft specific legislation on unaccompanied minors that takes account of the best interests
of the child, and monitor asylum-seekers who have been released;
(f)
Ensure respect for the principle of the independence of Belgian courts from the
executive branch, where the exercise of universal jurisdiction in relation to serious violations of
international humanitarian law is concerned;
(g)
Expressly guarantee in national legislation the right of everyone who is judicially
or administratively detained to have access to a lawyer and a doctor of their choice immediately
following their arrest, to be informed of their rights in a language they understand and to inform
their families promptly of their detention;
(h)
Urgently modernize its prison law, particularly by defining the legal status of
detainees, explaining the prison disciplinary regime and guaranteeing the right of detainees to
institute proceedings and obtain effective remedies against disciplinary penalties in an
independent and promptly accessible body;
(i)
Combat prison violence more effectively;
(j)
Improve the system of access to health care in prisons by recruiting more
qualified medical staff;
(k)
Ensure that the isolation of juvenile delinquents is imposed only in entirely
exceptional cases, and for a limited period;
(l)
Improve the system of prison supervision by ensuring the prompt replacement of
the administrative commissions by more effective bodies, as planned, and by considering the
possibility of allowing non-governmental organizations to visit prisons regularly and meet
detainees;
(m)
Guarantee the training of prison administrative staff, including medical staff, in
the prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment;
(n)
Clearly state in national legislation that evidence obtained under torture is
automatically inadmissible and must therefore not be submitted for consideration by the court
itself.