Recommendation (A/HRC/4/33/Add.3) Situation during visit (A/HRC/4/33/Add.3) (w) Security personnel recommended for United Nations peacekeeping operations be scrupulously vetted for their suitability to serve. (x) The Optional Protocol to the No ratification Convention against Torture be ratified, and a truly independent monitoring mechanism be established – where the members of the visiting commissions would be appointed for a fixed period of time and not subject to dismissal – to visit all places where persons are deprived of their liberty throughout the country. Steps taken in previous years (to be found in A/HRC/7/3/Add.2, Information received in the reporting A/HRC/10/44/Add.5 and A/HRC/16/52/Add.2) period Non-governmental sources: The NCHR carried out a number of lectures and training courses for law enforcement officials. It produced a manual for detainees on their rights and duties, in cooperation with the PSD, which was distributed in all prisons. It also urged the PSD to issue instructions regarding the prevention of torture. Visits to detention facilities by the PSD‘s Office of Complaints and Human Rights, in conjunction with the NCHR and other civil society organizations have been intensified to prevent wrongful acts, to report and to ensure accountability. A/HRC/19/61/Add.3 161 Government: Jordan‘s decision not to accede to the OPCAT should not be viewed as a lack of commitment to strengthening and enhancing the protection of persons deprived of their liberty. Jordan is determined to enhance the existing mechanisms mandated to undertake periodic visits to places of detention. The non-accession of Jordan to the OPCAT at this stage does not necessarily preclude the possibility to reconsider such position in the future. -A number of bodies such as the Grievances and Human Rights Office of the PSD, the NCHR, ICRC, and some international NGOs have been carrying out regular visits to all investigation and detention centres, as well as rehabilitation facilities to ensure compliance and respect for human rights. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed in