E/CN.4/1990/17/Add.l page 12 reports: everyone should be aware of the fact that respect for civil and political rights depends not only on political will - indispensable as that may be - but often also requires costly investments. It is in particular with regard to this second element that international solidarity can play a decisive role. 51. The phenomenon of torture has considerably decreased in Zaire. Satisfactory as this may be, no government should be content with that statement of fact. It is as important to strengthen the structure which may prevent its recurrence. It is a well-known fact that illegal or arbitrary arrests and detentions may easily lead to situations where torture is likely to be practised. It is therefore only logical that the DDLC has made the extinction of such illegal arrests one of its main objectives. The following recommendations should be seen in that context: (a) The procedure for the ratification of the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment should be completed at the earliest possible date; (b) The training of law-enforcement personnel on human rights issues should get high priority; (c) The provisions of the law with regard to arrest or deprivation of liberty should be strictly complied with. The Public Prosecutor's office should in each case carefully scrutinize the conditions under which the arrest is made and the grounds on which it is made. No person should be remanded in custody until he is seen by the competent judge; (d) As long as administrative detention is still practised, it should only be applied under independent judicial control by the Supreme Court; (e) The Code of Criminal Procedure should be amended to give a detained person the right to bring proceedings before a court in order to have the lawfulness of his detention decided upon without delay; (f) All officials who have not complied with the legal provisions for arrest or detention should be either disciplined or prosecuted, without delay; if they have abused their authority by seriously violating basic human rights, including torture, they should be severely punished; (g) Special detention centres under the supervision of the Judicial Council should be established for people who are accused of having committed crimes against the security of the State or the armed forces; (h) Only evidence obtained under interrogation in such detention centres should be admitted in court; (i) All possible efforts should be made to provide the local offices of the DDLC with the equipment necessary for the effective exercise of their tasks; (j) The competences of the officials of the DDLC to take corrective measures in cases of abuse of authority by law-enforcement personnel against individuals should be strengthened.