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(l)
Provide law enforcement officials with the regulations, instructions and
training required to ensure the transition from an unreliable, confessions-based
interrogation system to a modern forensic, non-coercive investigation methodology
aimed at accurately and reliably establishing the facts;
(m) Ensure that accessible, fully independent, proactive, expedient and
effective complaints, oversight and investigative mechanisms are in place for the
prevention, investigation and prosecution of torture and ill-treatment perpetrated not
only by police and prison staff, but also by officials from other relevant branches and
services of government and, where appropriate, private individuals;
(n)
Ensure that systematic medical examinations are conducted by
independent medical personnel trained in the effective investigation, interpretation and
documentation of the signs of physical and psychological torture and other forms of illtreatment, in line with the Istanbul Protocol and in particular, ensure that photographic
documentation of trauma injuries becomes routine practice and that the necessary
equipment is available in all medical services;
(o)
Ensure that all law enforcement, health and legal professionals involved
with persons deprived of their liberty are adequately trained in the forensic assessment,
interpretation and documentation of the signs of torture and other ill-treatment;
(p)
Ensure that the National Preventive Mechanism enjoys full institutional,
political and financial independence, impartiality and professionalism and that it can
implement its mandate effectively and in full compliance with the principles relating to
the status of national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights (the
Paris Principles), and establish local preventive mechanisms in all provinces without
delay;
(q)
Ensure that all detention monitoring bodies, whether officially mandated
or operating as part of civil society, have free and unhindered access to places of
deprivation of liberty and can carry out their monitoring independently and without
any undue interference;
(r)
Enable the Human Rights Commission of Maldives and the National
Integrity Commission to exercise the full range of their functions in terms of the
promotion and protection of human rights, including the prevention of torture and illtreatment;
(s)
Strengthen the resources, training, capacity and independence of
monitoring and investigative bodies, and provide them with the requisite authority and
powers to conduct their work in an independent and impartial manner, irrespective of
the status or willingness to cooperate of the personnel subject to their enquiries;
(t)
Provide additional training and instructions to prosecutors and judges on
the preferential application of alternatives to detention in order to ensure that detention
becomes a measure of last resort.
97.
With a view to ensuring adequate conditions of detention, the Special
Rapporteur recommends that the authorities:
(a)
Take urgent measures, in line with international law and standards, with
a view to ensuring that all inmates, irrespective of status or situation, are granted access
to fresh air and physical exercise for at least one hour per day, and to reducing
overincarceration, in particular by prioritizing measures alternative to deprivation of
liberty;
(b)
Facilitate and provide inmates with access to more frequent and longer
telephone calls and other contact with their family members and lawyers;
(c)
Allocate the funds necessary for the renovation and/or replacement of
outdated detention facilities, and ensure that all aspects of treatment and conditions of
detention fully comply with international standards;
(d)
Ensure that accessible, fully independent, proactive, expedient and
effective complaints, oversight and investigative mechanisms are in place for the
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