Situation during visit (A/HRC/4/33/Add.3) (y) Systematic training programmes and awareness-raising campaigns be carried out on the principles of the Convention against Torture for the public at large, security personnel, legal professionals and the judiciary. The Government informed it promotes human rights concepts through awarenessraising programmes disseminated by the media and recently incorporated these concepts into the academic curricula. In various meetings with government officials the Special Rapporteur found a lack of awareness of the seriousness of torture. Steps taken in previous years (to be found in A/HRC/7/3/Add.2) organizations have been intensified to ascertain wrongful practices and violations to which inmates might be subjected to, and to compile reports to ensure that those who commit violations will be held accountable • A visit to prisons to meet with inmates was organized for the mass media and satellite television stations. The NCHR is working to establish joint visits to detention facilities with representatives of the General Prosecutor’s Office on a weekly and monthly basis Training sessions are organized for judges in the Judicial Institute in which emphasis is placed on combating torture in prisons. Prosecutors, together with judges, have been trained by national and international NGOs on the Convention against Torture and on juvenile justice matters. Information received on steps taken since December 2007/current situation • Non-governmental sources: Several training workshops have been carried out by the National Human Rights Centre A/HRC/10/44/Add.5 page 63 Recommendation (A/HRC/4/33/Add.3) 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.