iii)Conceive the system of execution of punishments and its legal framework in a way that truly aims at rehabilitation and reintegration of offenders, in particular through abolishing restrictive detention rules and maximizing contact with the outside world; iv) Take further steps to improve food and access to health care; v) Strengthen further non-custodial measures before and after trial. care and lack of medication as well as risk of contamination with tuberculosis and other diseases; The periods of pre-trial detention were extensive; several of his interviewees had spent up to three or four years in detention without a final judgment. methodological seminars for leadership and personnel of subdivisions of the criminal prosecution. The seminars concerned different topics, the main emphasis being on the observance of the law by police officers in the criminal investigation work. The Ministry set up a committee on fundamental rights and freedoms of citizens. In the same context, it issued an ordinance on procedural time limits, according to which prosecution officers must provide a report to the Ministry with a view to control and coordinate the extension of periods of arrest. Furthermore, billboards on rights and obligations of persons suspected, detained, arrested and prosecuted were set up. Similarly, all sections of the prosecution authorities were provided with models of procedural documents, such as minutes/process-verbaux of apprehension and explanations of the rights and obligations of the detained persons, compiled by the General Prosecutor’s Office. The preliminary report regarding the respect of rights of detained persons, elaborated by the Institute for Penal Reform within the project “Strengthening Criminal Justice System Reform in Moldova”, was sent to the heads of criminal prosecution bodies of territorial subdivisions, in order to undertake measures to eliminate any violations in the future. The MIA participated in the working group set up by the General Prosecutor’s Office, where the draft of the ‘Instructions on how to grant visits and telephone conversations to persons detained in preventive arrest’ was elaborated. A law was drafted to amend some legislative acts for the reexamination of the applicable disciplinary regime for judges, which represents a balance between the guarantee of the judges’ independence and the necessity of sanctioning a judge in case his or her behaviour necessitates such action. In order to ensure the impartiality of judges, an amendment to the law is proposed, introducing an obligation of the judge to inform the president of the court and the Superior Council of Magistrates about any attempt to influence the process of decision making. Regarding conflicts of interest, a draft law is proposed to complete article 15 of the Law on the Status of Judges, which would stipulate the obligation of the judge to present a declaration regarding his or her personal interests. A reform of the judicial organizational system is proposed, which A/HRC/13/39/Add.6 156 with regard to torture prevention;