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(c)
Investigate all allegations of ill-treatment and torture by law enforcement
personnel, carrying out prompt and impartial investigations to bring the perpetrators to justice in
order to eliminate the de facto impunity for law enforcement personnel who commit acts of
torture and ill-treatment;
(d)
Improve mechanisms to facilitate the submission of complaints by victims of
ill-treatment and torture to public authorities, including obtaining medical evidence in support of
their allegations;
(e)
Take all appropriate measures to strengthen the independence of the judiciary and
to provide adequate training on the prohibition of torture to judges and prosecutors;
(f)
Amend domestic legislation to ensure that acts of torture are considered universal
crimes;
(g)
Adopt clear legal provisions prohibiting the use as evidence of any statement
obtained under torture and establishing that orders from a superior may not be invoked as a
justification of torture;
(h)
Implement the established legal mechanisms enabling victims of torture to obtain
redress and fair and adequate compensation;
(i)
Implement the fundamental legal safeguards for persons detained by the police,
guaranteeing their rights to inform a relative, to have access to a lawyer and a doctor of their own
choice and to be provided with information about their rights and, for juveniles, to have their
legal guardians present during interrogation;
(j)
Improve conditions in places of detention, ensuring that they conform to
international minimum standards, adopt necessary measures to reduce the pre-trial detention
period and continue to address overcrowding in places of detention;
(k)
Take the necessary measures to abolish the 10-hour administrative detention
period for interrogation prior to the 48-hour period within which a suspect must be brought
before a judge;
(l)
Allow regular and unannounced visits to police stations by the Office of the
Ombudsman, as well as by other independent bodies;
(m)
Provide systematic medical examination of detainees within 24 hours of their
admission to prison, improve medical care in detention facilities, establish training for medical
personnel and transfer all prison medical personnel to the authority of the Ministry of Public
Health;
(n)
Amend its legislation in order to prohibit the refoulement of persons without a
legal procedure and to provide all required guarantees;
(o)
Adopt measures to combat sexual violence and violence against women,
including domestic violence, and promptly and impartially investigate all allegations of torture or
ill-treatment with a view to prosecuting those responsible;