A/HRC/37/5 107.46 Introduce thorough and impartial investigation of allegations of torture and other ill-treatment in detention and ensure that alleged perpetrators are brought to justice (Austria); 107.47 Ensure that all allegations of excessive use of force or arbitrary behaviour by State officials, including those that may amount to torture or illtreatment, are investigated (Germany); 107.48 Adopt appropriate measures to prevent and eliminate excessive use of force and summary executions by security forces, and ensure that perpetrators are brought to justice (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela); 107.49 Improve treatment of prisoners by encouraging provinces to implement the national mechanism to prevent torture, increasing training for police and prison officials and addressing overcrowding (United States of America); 107.50 Take urgent measures to guarantee better conditions of detention and that the application of preventive detention is not the norm, strictly limiting its duration through alternative non-custodial measures (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela); 107.51 Continue efforts to improve penitentiary system conditions and to reduce episodes of violence in prison (Italy); 107.52 Continue its efforts to improve the conditions of detention and consider the possibility of adopting alternative measures to detention in order to reduce overcrowding in prisons (Mauritania); 107.53 Continue to take measures to improve prison conditions, namely overcrowding, poor medical care and unsanitary conditions (Portugal); 107.54 Take steps aimed at reducing overcrowding in detentions centres and to improve detention conditions (Slovakia); 107.55 Prohibit by law the confinement of more persons than the number of spots available in places of detention. In addition, establish by law mechanisms to immediately solve overcrowding (Slovenia); 107.56 Endow the annual professional technical training plan with specific modules on human rights and continue providing resources for the programmes aimed at expanding and renovating prison infrastructure, with the objective of improving the conditions of the penitentiary system and combating prison overcrowding (Spain); 107.57 Take immediate and concrete steps to rectify the deficiencies in Argentinian prisons, detention centres and police stations, such as overcrowding, poor access to health services, insufficient food, bad ventilation, precarious sanitary conditions and squalor (Sweden); 107.58 Implement measures for the improvement of prison facilities and thus reduce overcrowding in line with the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela Rules) (Angola); 107.59 Ensure that detainees in pretrial detention are separated from persons convicted by final judgement (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela); 107.60 Adopt alternative measures to detention aimed at reducing the overpopulation in prisons and provide alternative measures to detention for pregnant women and mothers with young children (Albania); 107.61 Take further concrete steps to implement the United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders (the Bangkok Rules), to ensure that all women in prison receive equal access to services and that the special needs of women in prison, including of their children, are appropriately addressed (Thailand); 13