• the time-consuming process that must be undertaken in order for a detainee to receive a medical examination under the Torture Compensation Act. New Zealand The ACJ recommends that the New Zealand Human Rights Commission (NZHRC) urges its Government to address the following issues: • The need to complete the process needed in order to ratify the OPCAT; • the need for the Police to complete its current review of interviewing procedure, and incorporate the appropriate torture standards and protections in any resulting policies; • the conclusions of the NZHRC made in its report titled Human Rights in New Zealand Today including: concerns about the use of non-voluntary segregation, the excessive periods of lock-down and the need for independent review of practice in these areas; issues of staff-to-prisoner ratios; the lack of human rights training; the continued mixing of youth and adult offenders and New Zealand’s continued reservation to the CRC on this point; • the recommendations made by the Committee against Torture in relation to the periodic report of New Zealand, including the need to legislate the non-refoulement obligation. Palestinian Territories The ACJ recommends that the Palestinian Independent Commission for Citizens’ Rights (PICCR) urges the Palestinian Territories to address the following issues: • the application by Israel of international human rights law, including human rights treaties, to Palestine; • the apparent failure to provide a legislative definition of torture; • the hearing of cases against civilians in military courts; • reports of torture by militant groups of persons suspected of being ‘collaborators’; • the failure to investigate and prosecute individuals following allegations of torture; 49