Final Recommendations
First: Recommendations on the Reform and Rehabilitation Center (Joe)
1. The law enforcement officers should join extensive and comprehensive training programs using
curricula that include all components of human rights education. The training should cover effective
interrogation methods and proper approach for obtaining information.
2. Develop strict controls for the use of security forces to maintain order in the event of insecurity
within the reform and rehabilitation centers.
3. Enhance the joint role of the Ministry of Interior and the judicial authority, particularly in the field
of enforcing Articles (63) and (64) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, related to inspecting reform
and rehabilitation centers and provisional detention places, and receiving complaints from the
detainees.
4. Reduce the recourse to solitary confinement penalty and other forms of ill-treatment.
Second: Right to equality and non-discrimination in the enjoyment of rights
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Take the necessary actions to issue travel documents for the infants of detained or convicted fathers.
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1. Prompt response to certificates of good conduct applications.
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Third: Right to Fair Trial Guarantees
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Publish the names and photographs of the suspects in the media and social networks
1. The legislative authority should make the necessary amendments to Paragraph 5 of Article 246
of the Penal Code promulgated by Legislative Decree No. 15 of 1976, to ensure that the names or
photographs of the suspects are not published before a final judgment is issued in the case, in line
with the principle of presumption of innocence.
2. Not to publish the names and photographs of the suspects or those against whom absentia judgments
have been issued in the official media and local daily newspapers before a final judgment is issued
by the competent court.
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The right of the suspect to defend himself
The legislative authority should make the necessary amendments to ensure the suspect right to counsel
to include misdemeanors as well as felonies.
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The right of the detainees to communicate with the outside world
1. Comply with Article 61 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which provides that any arrested person
should be granted the right to communicate with any member of his family he deems fit to inform
them of his detention, and his right to counsel, whether in respect of misdemeanors or felonies.
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