Policy Recommendations States should ensure that national policies, regulations and directives on the assessment of criminal justice actors’ performances do not incentivize the use of torture and other ill-treatment. In particular, it is recommended that states ensure that: 1. 2. 3.  umerical targets for arrests and convictions are abolished for police N forces. The main focus of performance assessment should be on crime prevention and public satisfaction with and trust in the police; Numerical targets based on convictions for prosecutors are abolished, and replaced with qualitative indicators, for example, the ability to present evidence, the capacity to draft motions, the quality of court presence, the ability to cope with workload, and social factors, such as the respectful treatment of suspects, accused persons or defendants witnesses and victims; and International standards on the independence of the judiciary in national law are met. Practical recommendations States looking to move away from quantitative-based performance assessment and priority setting should consider the following measures: 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 52  ngage with CSOs and the general public to better assess police perforE mance and inform priority setting; Assess police performance in an independent and transparent manner that involves input from the general public (such as through open surveys), with results being available to the public; Put measures in place to make police more accountable to local communities; Adopt good practice examples of qualitative performance indicators/ evaluations from other OSCE participating States; and Establish a national focal point on public opinion and the police.