E/CN.4/2006/6/Add.4 page 17 prosecuting the case against the alleged victim. In the opinion of Special Rapporteur, the NHRCM could be entrusted with this task; (h) Any public official indicted for abuse or torture, including prosecutors and judges implicated in colluding in torture or ignoring evidence, be immediately suspended from duty pending trial, and prosecuted; (i) Victims of torture and ill-treatment receive substantial compensation and adequate medical treatment and reha bilitation; (j) The declaration be made with respect to article 22 of the Convention recognizing the competence of the Committee against Torture to receive and consider communications from individuals who claim to be victims of a violation of the provisions of the Convention; (k) The Criminal Procedure Code be amended to ensure that it shall not be the general rule that persons awaiting trial are detained in custody, particularly for nonviolent, minor or less serious offences, and that the use of non-custodial measures, such as bail and recognizance, are increased. The maximum period of pre -trial detention shall be reduced, especially for persons under 18. Pre -trial detention shall be authorized by a judge only as a measure of last resort and for the shortest appropriate period of time; (l) The current special isolation regime for long -term prisoners be ended and that it ensured that ensuring that all persons deprived of their liberty are detained strictly in accordance with the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, with the aim of rehabilitation and resocialization, as envisaged by article 10 of the Covenant; (m) Death row prisoners be detained strictly in accordance with the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, and in particular they should not be handcuffed and shackled in detention; (n) A moratorium on the death penalty be imposed, with a view to its abolition, and that the Government ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the Covenant, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty; (o) It ratifies the Optional Protocol to the Convention and that a truly independent monitoring mechanism be established, to visit all places where persons are deprived of their liberty throughout the country. In the view of the Special Rapporteur, such a mechanism could be situated within NHRCM; (p) Law enforcement recruits undergo extensive and thorough training following a curriculum that incorporates human rights education throughout and that includes training in effective interrogation techniques and the proper use of police equipment, and that serving officers receive continuing education; and (q) Systematic training programmes and awareness-raising campaigns be carried out on the principles of the Convention for the public at large, law enforcement officials, legal professionals and the judiciary.