National Institution for Human Rights – Kingdom of Bahrain from one of the detainees, and the reform and rehabilitation center, based on reported suspicion of torture and other forms of ill-treatment against some inmates. However, NIHR did not receive any response from the Ministry of Interior to this request. RECOMMENDATIONS 1. The Special Investigation Unit in the Public Prosecution should be the body entrusted with investigation into allegations of torture and other forms of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and should have full independence, according to Istanbul Protocol. 2. The Special Investigation Unit of the Public Prosecution, in accordance with the provisions of Protocol Istanbul, should be committed to issuing public reports that include the following minimum components: the procedures and methods adopted in assessing evidence, the specific events that took place, the findings drawn by the Unit based on the applicable law, and the recommendations made based on the findings. 3. Urging the Government to accede to the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman Treatment or Punishment. 4. Urging the Government to continuously support the periodic resolutions of the United Nations General Assembly related to abolishing death penalty. 5. The Government’s commitment to provide periodic reports to the Committee against Torture established under the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment on the specified deadlines. 6. Urging the legislative authority to expedite the enactment of an integrated legislation for reform, rehabilitation, and custody centers in accordance with the international standards on the treatment of prisoners and detainees. 7. The need to transfer the administrative, regulatory and supervisory authority over reform, rehabilitation, and custody centers to the Ministry of Justice, Islamic Affairs and Endowments. 8. Urging the legislative authority to reconsider the last paragraph of Article 3 of the Decree-Law No. 3 of 2011 on the Establishment of a National Fund for Compensating Affected People, which provides that in order to disburse compensation, a final criminal judgment by the competent court condemning the perpetrator should have been rendered. 9. The need for the Government to develop clear and transparent criteria and schedule for prompt disbursement of compensation to those who are proven to have sustained injury, whether the compensation is assessed by the National Fund for Compensating Affected People or the Civil Settlement Office of the Ministry of Justice, Islamic Affairs and Endowments, as the case may be. 10. The need to offer comprehensive extended training programs for law enforcement officers using curriculum that includes teaching all components of human rights. The training should include effective interrogation techniques and the proper approach to obtain information without resorting to coercive means, consisting of acts of torture or other forms of ill-treatment, and dismissing any law enforcement officer whose ill-treatment of detainees or convicts is proved. 46