A/HRC/22/53/Add.1 complaints boxes, and ensure that every detainee has unimpeded and unsupervised access to the prosecutor upon request and that complainants are not subject to reprisals; (g) Establish an effective and independent criminal investigation and prosecution mechanism with no connection to the body investigating or prosecuting the case against the alleged victim; expedite a prompt, impartial and thorough investigation into all allegations of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; and establish the liability of direct perpetrators and those in the chain of command; (h) Take concrete measures to speed up the ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture, and subsequently establish an effective national preventive mechanism and ensure budgetary allocations to equip the mechanism with human and other resources sufficient to enable it to inspect all places of detention regularly, receive complaints, initiate prosecutions and follow them through to their conclusion; (i) Grant ICRC and independent non-governmental organizations unimpeded access to all places of detention, and ensure regular inspection of places of detention. 101. With regard to conditions of detention, the Special Rapporteur recommends that the Government: (a) Allocate sufficient budgetary resources to provide adequate health care, improve food quality and ensure the separation of minors from adults and pretrial prisoners from convicts; design a system of execution of sentences that aims at rehabilitating and reintegrating offenders; and abolish restrictive regimes and create work opportunities and recreational activities for inmates; (b) Eliminate the complete isolation of inmates sentenced to life imprisonment, repeal legislation limiting their contacts with lawyers, medical personnel and family, and move them to open or semi-open facilities. 102. With regard to institutional reform, the Special Rapporteur recommends that the Government: (a) Have the highest authorities, in particular those responsible for law enforcement activities, declare unambiguously that they will not tolerate torture or illtreatment by their subordinates and that perpetrators will be held to account; (b) Take measures to transfer authority for temporary and pretrial detention facilities from the Ministry of the Interior and the State Committee for National Security to the Ministry of Justice; (c) Raise the awareness of personnel of the Office of the Prosecutor General and investigating officers of the Ministry of the Interior of their role in preventing torture and ill-treatment by means of mandatory training on international standards on the prohibition of torture, provisions governing investigations of torture and illtreatment, and interrogation techniques; and develop training programmes, to be delivered during professional qualification courses, for health and legal professionals on detecting, reporting and preventing torture; (d) Establish mechanisms and programmes to provide all victims with rehabilitation, including relevant infrastructures within the Ministry of Health, and fund private medical, legal and other facilities, including those administered by nongovernmental organizations that provide medical, psychological and social rehabilitation; 20

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