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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;
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