A/66/44 delegation of the State party give sufficient information on how conflicts of jurisdiction between the two systems will be resolved (arts. 2 and 16). The State party must take the steps necessary to ensure that conflicts of jurisdiction between the ordinary and indigenous justice systems are resolved through a procedure laid down by law that guarantees respect for fundamental rights and liberties, including the prohibition of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. Training (21) The Committee takes note of the information in the report of the State party (paras. 82 to 88) on training schemes for members of the national police but regrets that so little information is available on the evaluation of those schemes and their effectiveness in reducing the incidence of torture and ill-treatment. The State party indicates in its report (para. 206) that the Permanent Commission for the Evaluation, Follow-up and Adjustment of Human Rights Operating Plans, in cooperation with international non-governmental organizations, carried out a project between February 2007 and 2008 on the implementation of the Istanbul Protocol. According to information received by the Committee, this is a project of the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT) designed and run by the Foundation for the Integral Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence (PRIVA), with European Union funds, which the Permanent Commission has backed (para. 10). The State party should: (a) Continue to provide training programmes so as to ensure that all public servants, in particular members of the police forces and other security workers, are fully aware of the provisions of the Convention, that [breaches] are not tolerated but investigated, and that the perpetrators are brought to trial; (b) Assess the effectiveness and impact of training schemes and education on the incidence of torture and ill-treatment; (c) Continue to support training on the use of the Manual on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (the Istanbul Protocol). Conditions in detention (22) The Committee takes note of the information provided by the State party on the marked reduction in the numbers of people behind bars and on steps taken to deal with the problem of prison overcrowding, notably the introduction of a new inmate benefit calculation system with the reform of the Sentencing Implementation Code. It notes the reprieves granted in 2008 to 2,228 persons detained for being in possession of small quantities of narcotic or psychotropic drugs, and of 13 detainees in the terminal phases of illness. It also notes that since 2006 additional budgetary allocations have been made for the construction, expansion and outfitting of penitentiaries and remand facilities. The Committee is nevertheless concerned at the high levels of occupancy recorded at most detention facilities, mainly as a result of the slow processing of court cases, and reiterates its concern at persistent reports of poor health and hygiene conditions, a lack of staff, inadequate health-care services and a shortage of drinking water and food (art. 11). The State party should: (a) Make greater efforts to alleviate overcrowding in prisons, in particular by resorting to alternatives to custodial sentences, in order to reach its stated objective of resolving the problem of prison overcrowding within 18 months; GE.11-45568 39

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