A/HRC/25/60/Add.1 (d) Ensure that all detained persons are guaranteed the possibility of challenging effectively and expeditiously the lawfulness of their detention through habeas corpus; (e) Video record all statements made to the police during the investigation and interrogation period as standard procedure. Such measures should be seen only as complementary to legal representation during all stages of the interrogation process; (f) Ensure the right to an independent medical examination; (g) Ensure any allegations of torture and ill-treatment are admitted at any stage of the trial and that courts are obliged to launch ex officio investigations whenever there are reasonable grounds to suspect torture or ill-treatment; (h) Provide training programmes to sensitize prison officials to the importance of taking effective steps to prevent and remedy prisoner-on-prisoner abuse and ensure that inmates are not given any disciplinary authority over other inmates which condones the use of violence. 97. With regard to prompt, thorough and impartial investigations, the Government should: (a) Establish an effective and independent mechanism that promptly and effectively investigates all allegations of torture or ill-treatment, prosecutes those responsible and, if they are found guilty, imposes administrative and judicial penalties that take into account the grave nature of their acts; (b) Ensure that allegations of torture and ill-treatment are admitted at any stage of the trial and that courts are obliged to launch ex officio investigations whenever there are reasonable grounds to suspect torture or ill-treatment; (c) Ensure that victims receive adequate compensation, including their full rehabilitation, and that they are not subject to reprisals; (d) Ensure that medical staff are able to conduct independent medical examinations at the time of arrest, upon transfer to another place of detention, or upon request, without interference by law enforcement personnel or prosecutors; (e) Train law enforcement officials and military personnel in international human rights law to ensure that national procedures are compliant; (f) Develop the forensic capacity of the prosecution and judiciary and provide specific training for forensic experts on the assessment of ill-treatment and torture, in accordance with the Manual on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (the Istanbul Protocol). 98. With regard to the monitoring and inspection of places of detention, the Government should: (a) Support prison monitoring and deliver on its commitment to prioritize, and take concrete measures to speed up, the ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment; (b) Consult with civil society to seek a consensus and designate the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice as the national mechanism for the prevention of torture, in accordance with article 17 of the Optional Protocol; (c) Strengthen the Commission by ensuring that it has an independent operating budget and sufficient financial and human resources to comply fully with the Principles relating to the Status of National Institutions (the Paris Principles) and 18