A/HRC/25/60/Add.1 102. With regard to juveniles, the Government should: (a) Expedite the ratification of the optional protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child (A/HRC/22/8, para. 123.1); (b) Investigate all complaints of torture and ill-treatment of juveniles, in particular allegations of corporal punishment; (c) Amend the Children’s Act (1988) to explicitly prohibit all forms of corporal punishment of children in all settings, including in the home, in schools and in alternative care settings (ibid., para. 123.20) and educate the authorities and the public so that the practice of caning, in particular, is eradicated; (d) Ensure the separation of juveniles on remand from adults, in compliance with international standards; (e) Provide additional training to the judiciary and the Office of the Attorney-General so that bail and alternative measures are considered, and ensure that imprisonment is only used as an exceptional measure. 103. With regard to women, the Government should: (a) violence; Ensure that female inmates are protected from all gender-based (b) Uphold the United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders (the Bangkok Rules) and implement alternative measures, especially for women who are pregnant or have dependents; (c) Establish mother and baby units in all female prisons to promote the welfare of mothers and children, in accordance with article 3 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. 104. With regard to the Mental Health Act, the Government should: (a) Expedite the approval of the legislative instrument to implement the Act; (b) Establish a properly constituted oversight board and commit itself to an explicit timeline for implementing the oversight mechanism and for the committee to maintain a registry and conduct inspections of facilities and centres which deal with persons with mental disabilities, including private prayer camps; (c) Establish an independent tribunal mandated to hear complaints of persons detained under the Act and take steps to ensure that the jurisdiction of the tribunal is not restricted to persons in psychiatric hospitals, but also includes those detained in prayer camps; (d) Amend the Mental Health Act regarding mental capacity and involuntary admission and treatment, to bring it into line with international standards, as outlined in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; (e) Increase cooperation between the authorities in psychiatric hospitals and leaders in prayer camps to ensure that in all places where mental health patients are held for involuntary treatment they have access to health-care services and that those places are visited by independent monitoring bodies to guarantee the proper implementation of the safeguards established to secure the patients’ rights; (f) Ensure that no confinement takes place unless strictly required and that effective judicial review is available of the lawfulness of the admission and detention of all persons in mental health institutions, including prayer camps; (g) Provide access to legal aid and establish a complaints mechanism and a remedy for cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment in psychiatric hospitals, or at 21

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