MONITORING PLACES OF DETENTION : A PRACTICAL GUIDE 25 1. a national legal framework which has integrated the protection standards established by international law: that is, the adoption of corresponding laws and regulations which provide the framework for government policies and directives. 2. effective implementation of this legal framework in the maintenance of law and order, in legal practice, and in the organisation and handling of persons deprived of their liberty. This involves: ■ a clearly stated and widely disseminated political will to implement the legal framework; ■ human resources trained according to sound codes of professional ethics; ■ financial and material resources. 3. monitoring effective application of the legal framework by: ■ internal inspection services; ■ judicial control by judges, prosecutors; ■ lawyers and Bar associations; ■ national human rights and ombudsman institutions; ■ independent domestic visiting bodies; ■ non-governmental organisations; ■ international mechanisms (ICRC, CPT, future UN SubCommittee to CAT) Taken as a whole, this monitoring helps to provide an overview of the work carried out by State bodies. Measures can be proposed at either the practical or the legal level. Good practices can be identified and shared.