Recommendation (A/HRC/4/33/Add.3) (g) The power to order or approve arrest and supervision of the police and detention facilities of the prosecutors be transferred to Steps taken in previous years (to be found in A/HRC/7/3/Add.2) General Prosecutor to monitor the situation in prisons; the latter created a registry for complaints in the Attorney-General’s Office Information received on steps taken since December 2007/current situation inside Swaqa prison to receive complaints from prisoners on a weekly basis. However, the NCHR was not allowed access to Swaqa prison during disturbances which occurred in the prison in April 2008. The Ministry of Interior’s Public Security Directorate was then reported to stop its cooperation with the NCHR following its critical reporting of the April 2008 events • However, partly due to the fear of retaliation and the lack of a clear strategy of Grievance and Human Rights officials for the protection of witnesses and complainants, these complaint mechanisms still fall short of protecting prisoners from torture and other illtreatment Non-governmental sources: the discussion regarding separation of the two authorities is ongoing. A/HRC/10/44/Add.5 page 53 (f) The right to legal counsel be legally guaranteed from the moment of arrest Situation during visit (A/HRC/4/33/Add.3) refer the person to a forensic doctor • Within the Public Security Directorate a Complaints and Human Rights Office received complaints against its personnel • A human rights directorate within the Ministry of Interior was mandated to follow up on general human rights issues and complaints • The NCHR was tasked with addressing human rights issues through a monitoring mechanism and the examination of complaints related to government institutions CCP provided that, in the period following the arrest and before being presented to the Public Prosecutor, legal counsel could not be sought. Security services were effectively shielded from independent criminal prosecution and judicial scrutiny as abuses by officials of those services were dealt with by a special court system,