  Ensure that new court presidents are chosen among judges of that same court, so as to avoid changes in trial panels and dispersal of case knowledge; Activate inspections by the Judicial Inspection Department in flagrant cases of discrimination by the court among lawyers, such as in scheduling court hearings. To First Instance Court judges          Put efforts in optimizing court working hours by starting trial hearings on time; Increase the daily time devoted to trial hearings to no less than five hours per day; Divide court schedules into a morning shift (e.g. nine until noon) and an afternoon shift (one until three), so as to ensure lack of conflicting court commitments by lawyers; Ensure that all organizational efforts are put in place for the timely transfer of detainees to court, including by reinforcing cooperation mechanisms between the court registry and the prison administration; Avoid postponing trials for periods longer than three weeks; Set up a shared electronic court calendar with lawyers so as to avoid overlapping events and so that lawyers receive reminders prior to the hearings; Sanction lawyers who do not attend hearings without a valid reason, by imposing fines and reporting them to the Bar association; Take all torture and ill-treatment claims with utmost seriousness. Ensure that complaints are duly recorded in the trial minutes and refer the case file for further investigation and prosecution; Demand that the prosecution provides verifiable evidence when requesting the detention of the defendant; reject arrest requests that are not backed with an investigation file. 51