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
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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.
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