A/HRC/53/5 134.52 Ensure that any lawful use of force by police and other security forces is reasonable, necessary and proportionate and that excessive use of force by police is adequately investigated and, where appropriate, prosecuted (Australia); 134.53 Reinforce the mechanisms protecting against excessive use of force and arrests and abuses by the police and security forces, especially against vulnerable groups (Pakistan); 134.54 Systematically collect disaggregated data on any cases of human rights violations by law enforcement officials (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland); 134.55 Ensure that all acts of torture are criminalized and punishable by appropriate penalties commensurate with the acts committed (Côte d’Ivoire); 134.56 Ensure that all cases of torture and other ill-treatment are effectively documented and investigated (Cyprus); 134.57 Consider taking the measures necessary to ensure the combating of torture inside places of detention and to promote accountability (Egypt); 134.58 Advance efforts to establish local torture prevention mechanisms in all provinces and ensure that the mechanisms are adequately staffed and funded to improve operational effectiveness (Samoa); 134.59 Ensure that all provinces implement the law establishing the national preventive mechanism, in line with the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Slovenia); 134.60 Limit the duration of preventive detention through alternative measures that do not involve deprivation of liberty, and prohibit the use of police stations as places of prolonged detention, in order to address the increase in the prison population (Spain); 134.61 Ensure judicial reforms and intensify training courses for security forces and prison officers to eradicate practices that violate human rights (Pakistan); 134.62 Guarantee that the law establishing the national preventive mechanism is implemented in all provinces and that local mechanisms are established in accordance with the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Spain); 134.63 Work towards ensuring and enhancing efforts and strategies to eradicate violence in the prison system (Sri Lanka); 134.64 Implement fully the recommendations of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, in particular with regard to detainees held in overcrowded places in degrading conditions, by establishing effective monitoring mechanisms (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela); 134.65 Continue efforts to improve prison conditions and guarantee the rights of prisoners (Viet Nam); 134.66 Continue efforts to improve detention conditions with the aim of reducing overcrowding in line with international standards, including prohibiting the use of police stations for long-term detention (Austria); 134.67 Continue improving the penitentiary system, including prison conditions (Belarus); 134.68 Improve the conditions of penal facilities by adopting a legal framework preventing overcrowding (Sweden); 12 GE.23-03427