After a visit to the Philippines, the UN Rapporteur on OPCAT found out that the prisons in Philippines are overcrowded. In the context of COVID-19, the target to decrease overpopulation in prisons is to reduce the outbreak of the pandemic. Here, the NHRI has a significant role to play and leads the call fort the preservation of human rights in prison. As an advocate, the NHRI in Philippines advocates for the implementation of restorative justice to reduce the overpopulation in prisons. Restorative justice helps to encourage meaningful engagement and accountability and provides opportunity for improvement both in prison and prisoners. CHRP talks about national preventive mechanism to conform functions. Please check with the slides on the role of CHRP as influencer, partner, and monitoring body. There is also an uUrgent call for prison reform especially during the pandemic in Phillipines an as an. NHRI, we can provide much needed impetus for positive change for the reform of prisons. 5.4 Commissioner Pitikhan Sithidej, National Human Rights Commission of Thailand (NHRCT) She thanked SUHAKAM and British High Commission as co-organizer. Prison reform is a challenging mission. 300,000 prisoners in prisons as of yesterday founded by NHRCT. The Ministry of Justice was recommended to accelerate the justice judicial process and to promote the use of alternative sentencing for certain offences. 5.5 Ms. Benicia Eriana Magno, Deputy Provedor, Provedor for Human Rights and Justice (PDHJ) of Timor-Leste There were many Thank SUHAKAM and chairpersons of other NHRIs. iIssues identified in the prison such as overcrowding, solitary confinement, juvenile offenders, and women prisoners, visiting period for inmates, working condition of prison guards such as not getting promotion, lack of human rights, low men-power to support prison guards to carry out work effectively. In conclusion, the government needs to recognize the issue of overcrowding and . if the government is planning to establish a new prison, it. It is important to look after the welfare of the prison staffs. 5.6 Q & A Session Moderator: Commissioner Datuk Lok Yim Pheng The objective of this session is to share the experience of NHRIs in enhancing the prison reform agenda, to discuss aspects of effective mechanisms and to improve the advocacy of prison reform effectively. Stigmatisation affects prisoners. Overcrowding need to be addressed too and budget is important because it helps prison to reform itself. Rehabilitation center for drug abusers is needed as Malaysia also faces quite a few drugs abuse cases. Capacity building for prison officers is another key point. NGOs also need knowledge to handle prisoners and partnership is important. She is glad that Commissioner of the CHRP advocates strongly for the reform of prison. For third presenter from Timor Leste, the Commissioner had addressed a common issue such as the overcrowding in the prison. NHRCT had also shared the common issue of 57