A/HRC/31/57/Add.2 V. Conclusions and recommendations 76. The Special Rapporteur welcomes commitment and determination displayed by the Government to reform aspects of the criminal justice system and to improve prison conditions with a view to enhancing the fundamental human rights of its citizens. The development of initiatives such as the “Justice for All” programme, Project Efiase, the Ghana Sentencing Guidelines, is welcome, and their implementation should be vigorously pursued. The Government must also make a concerted effort to follow-through on its various commitments with regards to the legal and institutional framework to combat and prevent torture and other illtreatment by, inter alia, ratifying the OPCAT and establishing an NPM, introducing the offence of torture in national criminal legislation; strengthening legal safeguards against torture and other ill-treatment; implementing measures designed to improve judicial management and case disposition; and undertaking the comprehensive reforms contemplated by the GPS’s strategic plan with regards to conditions of detention and the delivery of services in prisons. The Special Rapporteur remains particularly concerned about allegations of the use of torture and other ill-treatment during arrest, and interrogation, and police custody, and calls on the Government to ensure that complaint procedures and mechanisms are adequate and lead to accountability. The Special Rapporteur welcomes the establishment of the Mental Health Authority Board and its efforts to improve mental healthcare practices in both the formal and informal sectors, in the face of severe challenges, and urges the Government to support these efforts through adequate funding, resourcing, and capacity-building. He observes that some practices in private prayer camps, such as shackling and forced fasting, amount to torture and other ill-treatment, and reminds the Government of its fundamental obligation to absolutely prohibit and eradicate these practices, in line with international human rights obligations. 21