CAT/OP/BRA/2/Add.1 valuable opportunity to evaluate and record the efforts it has made in recent years to implement effective regulatory and administrative frameworks for combating torture. 192. However, a number of achievements have been made recently that have paved the way for a paradigm shift towards the adoption of a zero-tolerance position on torture in Brazil. The Brazilian State is not passive and is committed to protecting and promoting human rights, as can be seen from the recent creation of the National Mechanism to Prevent and Combat Torture, the new prison health policy, and the Agreement on Measures to Improve the Prison System and Reduce the Shortfall in Prison Capacity. 193. Brazilian democracy has successfully implemented a legal and institutional platform that strictly prohibits torture. There are State structures that are always ready to receive and process complaints, to inspect institutions, and to foster a social conscience that rejects torture. In addition to these guarantees and in spite of the remaining challenges, the Brazilian State has mobilized resources with a view to reducing shortfalls in prison capacity, improving prison infrastructure, ensuring access to justice and training human resources from all areas of the justice system, along with other initiatives described in this reply. 194. The Brazilian State remains open to dialogue and cooperation with the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture, especially with respect to the periodic monitoring of the implementation of the recommendations arising from the Subcommittee’s visit to Brazil in 2011. 40 GE.14-42059