CAT/C/EST/CO/5 The State party should: (a) Ensure that all persons seeking asylum in the State party, including at its border-crossing points, enjoy all procedural guarantees, including the right of appeal against negative decisions, as well as access to legal assistance and interpreters; (b) Ensure that decisions concerning asylum, including under the accelerated procedure, are taken by the Police and Border Guard Board (formerly the Citizenship and Migration Board) or a determining authority which meets relevant international criteria; (c) Take immediate steps to improve conditions at the Harku Expulsion Centre so that they conform to international standards, and provide training and instruction to prison personnel regarding the use of force and the prohibition of verbal abuse. Training 16. The Committee is concerned that no specific methodologies exist to evaluate the efficiency of training or educational programmes for law enforcement and medical personnel, judges and prosecutors, as well as persons working with migrants and asylum seekers on the absolute prohibition of torture and ill-treatment (art. 10). The State party should: (a) Develop specific methodologies to evaluate the training and educational programmes provided on the absolute prohibition of torture and ill-treatment to law enforcement and medical personnel, judges and prosecutors, as well as persons working with migrants and asylum seekers; (b) Ensure that the Istanbul Protocol is made a mandatory part of the training for all medical professionals involved in the documentation and investigation of allegations of torture and ill-treatment in order to permit, inter alia, the proper diagnosis of signs of torture. Conditions of detention 17. The Committee is concerned by information suggesting that conditions in some prisons and police arrest houses do not meet international standards, including with regard to infrastructure, hygiene and sanitary conditions, hot water, heating, windows, ventilation, lighting, furniture and living space. It is concerned that unsatisfactory conditions have also been reported by the Chancellor of Justice in some new or renovated facilities. The Committee is particularly concerned by the use of cells with unsuitable conditions in some police stations. It is also concerned by the failure of the prison authorities to ensure the right of prisoners to have their complaints about the conditions of detention heard (arts. 2, 11, 12, 13 and 16). The State party should: (a) Take immediate steps to improve the material conditions in all prisons and police arrest houses, including newly built and renovated ones, with a view to improving the infrastructure, hygiene and sanitary conditions, hot water, heating, ventilation, lighting and furniture, and repairing broken windows, in accordance with international standards; (b) Take steps to ensure minimum international standards of at least four square meters of living space for each detainee; 6

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