m) The Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture should be ratified, and a truly independent monitoring mechanism be established – where the members of the visiting commissions would be appointed for a fixed period and not subject to dismissal – to visit all places where persons are deprived of their liberty throughout the country n) Systematic training programmes and awarenessraising campaigns on the principles of the Convention against Torture for the public at large, public security personnel, legal professionals and the judiciary o) Victims of torture and illtreatment should receive substantial compensation proportionate to the gravity Non-governmental sources: The previously conducted ‘in-house’ campaigns of education have not yielded appreciable results in the past. China has not fulfilled the obligation to widely educate its employees and citizens about human rights and the prohibition of torture. It has furthermore blocked access of civil society actors to information and human rights training courses. Websites reporting on human rights violations are blocked, censored or closed down by the authorities. The Law on State Compensation guaranteed the right to compensation for losses suffered through infringements Government: According to the NHRA, the economic compensation, legal remedies and rehabilitation to victims shall be improved. A/HRC/13/39/Add.6 44 human rights cases in 2008, lost their licenses. By the end of August, six cases of attacks on lawyers or their involvement in “accidents” were reported. Several lawyers have been targeted, detained and convicted (e.g. for ‘tax evasion’).