CAT/C/AND/CO/1 current disciplinary regulations still allow for solitary confinement of up to 30 days as a disciplinary measure (arts. 11 and 16). The Committee recommends that disciplinary regulations be amended to reduce the duration of placement in solitary confinement as a disciplinary measure to as short a time as possible and only if necessary. Body searches 18. The Committee is concerned that prisoners are routinely subjected to complete strip searches before and after family visits, which may amount to ill-treatment (arts. 11 and 16). The Committee recommends that prison staff refrain from routinely subjecting prisoners to complete strip searches that may amount to degrading treatment. Complete strip searches should be conducted exceptionally, using the least invasive method possible, only when strictly necessary and with respect for the dignity of the prisoner. Electrical discharge weapons 19. While noting that electrical discharge weapons (such as “tasers”) have been used in very few instances, the Committee is concerned that they have been used in closed settings such as prisons and are included in the standard equipment of prison staff (arts. 2, 11 and 16). The State party should ensure that the regulations concerning the use of electrical discharge weapons are modified so that they are not part of the standard equipment for prison staff and can be used exclusively in extreme and limited situations where there is a real and immediate threat to life or risk of serious injury, as a substitute for lethal weapons and by trained law enforcement personnel only. The State party should revise the regulations governing the use of such weapons, with a view to establishing a high threshold for their use and expressly prohibiting their use on children and pregnant women. The Committee is of the view that the use of electrical discharge weapons should be subject to the principles of necessity and proportionality and should be inadmissible in the equipment of custodial staff in prisons or any other places of deprivation of liberty. The Committee urges the State party to provide detailed instructions and adequate training to law enforcement personnel entitled to use electrical discharge weapons and to strictly monitor and supervise their use. Corporal punishment 20. In light of the State party’s commitment under the universal periodic review to enact and implement legislation that prohibits all corporal punishment of children, the Committee is concerned that corporal punishment is not yet explicitly prohibited in all settings (art. 16). The Committee recommends that the State party enact and implement legislation that explicitly prohibits corporal punishment of children in all settings. Other issues 21. The Committee invites the State party to consider ratifying the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. It also invites the State party to consider ratifying other United Nations human rights treaties to which it is not yet party, namely the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Optional Protocol thereto; the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families; the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto; and the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced 5