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(t) Juvenile offenders should be separated on the basis of age, physical build and
seriousness of the offence, as provided for in the Statute of the Child and Adolescent and the
United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child;
(u) Police stations should not be used to accommodate pre-trial detainees and sentenced
prisoners beyond the 24-hour period prescribed by the law;
(v) Detainees should be separated, depending on whether they are awaiting trial or
sentenced, whether they have been sentenced to an open, semi-open or closed regime, as well as
by the seriousness of the offence;
(w) The State party should ensure adequate funding to recruit sufficient prison personnel.
Furthermore, all law enforcement personnel, including police officers and prison guards should
receive training on the rights of suspects and detainees and their obligation to respect such rights,
including the provisions set forth in the Convention and other relevant international instruments;
(x) The State party should review the disciplinary policy regimes for detainees
(RDD/RDE) currently being implemented. The State party is reminded that prolonged isolation
may amount to torture;
(y) An adequate system which would enable all inmates to reduce their sentences
through work without any distinction or discrimination should be established in all penitentiary
centres;
(z) In all cases in which a person alleges torture, the competent authorities should
guarantee that a medical examination is carried out in accordance with the Istanbul Protocol on
the effective investigation and documentation of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading
treatment or punishment. Medical doctors should be trained to identify injuries that are
characteristic of torture or ill-treatment in accordance with the Istanbul Protocol. Forensic
examinations of detainees should be routine and not dependant on a police request;
(aa) The technical and scientific independence of forensic doctors in the execution of
their forensic work should be guaranteed, including through placing them under the judicial
authority or any other independent authority and separating them from all police structures;
(bb) The State party is encouraged to ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention,
which would provide for the establishment of a national protection mechanism with the authority
to make periodic visits to places of detention;
(cc) The State party is also encouraged to accept the right of individual petition to the
Committee, by making the declaration envisaged under article 22 of the Convention.
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