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(d)
Ensure that mandatory inspection of all places of detention by prosecutors, judges
or another independent body takes place, and does so at regular intervals;
(e)
Ensure that all detained persons have immediate access to a doctor and a lawyer,
as well as contact with their families;
(f)
Eliminate all forms of administrative detention. In addition, the premises
controlled by the State Security Investigation Department should be subject to mandatory
inspection, and reports of torture or ill-treatment committed there should be investigated
promptly and impartially;
(g)
Ensure that legislation gives full effect to the rights recognized in the Convention
and institute effective remedies for the exercise of such rights; ensure in particular that
proceedings take place within a reasonable time after the submission of complaints, and that any
court decision to release a detainee is actually enforced;
(h)
Abolish incommunicado detention;
(i)
Ensure that all persons convicted by decisions of military courts in terrorism cases
shall have the right to have their conviction and sentence reviewed by a higher tribunal according
to law;
(j)
Halt all practices involving abuse of minors in places of detention and punish the
perpetrators, and ban the holding of under-age detainees with adult detainees;
(k)
Remove all ambiguity in legislation which might underpin the persecution of
individuals because of their sexual orientation. Steps should also be taken to prevent all
degrading treatment during of body searches;
(l)
Establish the State’s jurisdiction over all persons alleged to be responsible for
torture who are present in the country and are not extradited to other States in order to be
brought to justice, in accordance with the provisions of articles 5 to 8 of the Convention;
(m)
Ensure that non-governmental organizations engaged in human rights work can
pursue their activities unhindered, and in particular that they have access to all places of
detention and prisons so as to guarantee greater compliance with the ban on torture and
ill-treatment;
(n)
Establish precise rules and standards to enable the victims of torture and
ill-treatment to obtain full redress, while avoiding any insufficiently justified disparities in the
compensation which is granted;
(o)
Continue the process of training law enforcement personnel, in particular as
regards the obligations set out in the Convention and the right of every detainee to medical and
legal assistance and to have contact with his or her family;