IV.
Ensuring that judicial proceedings conform with international
due process standards, fairness and impartiality;
V.
Strengthening the independence of the judiciary; and
VI.
Reviewing and reforming laws contributing to or allowing
torture and other ill-treatment.
47. Other measures shall include any or all of the following: civilian
oversight of military and security forces; establishing systems for
regular and independent monitoring of all places of detention;
specific training on the Istanbul Protocol for health and legal
professionals and law enforcement officials; protecting human
rights defenders and legal, health and other professionals who
assist torture victims; promoting the observance of regional and
international standards and codes of conduct by public servants,
including law enforcement, correctional, medical, psychological,
social service and military personnel; ensuring compliance with the
prohibition of refoulement; and ensuring the availability of relevant
services, for individuals or groups of individuals, such as shelters
for victims of gender-related torture and other ill-treatment.
48. Additionally, guarantees of non-repetition offer an important
potential for institutional and social transformation that may be
required to address the underlying causes of violence. This may
include addressing psychosocial effects of collective and/or
historical trauma on political, social and religious leaders and other
role-models in society, who may themselves have been tortured or
traumatised and are likely, if their trauma is unaddressed, to either
perpetuate the same atrocities that they had experienced or to
create an environment that enables the commission of such acts.
Healing and/or rehabilitation for leaders is therefore an important
aspect of guarantees of non-repetition.
49. Guarantees of non-repetition shall also include rehabilitation and/or
healing for perpetrators who are in some instances previous victims
themselves.
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