Women in detention

51. The Committee recommends that the State party conduct a review of the Execution of Sentences Law and the Regulations relating to the Execution of Sentences, as well as the associated guidelines, from a gender perspective to protect women in prison against gender-based discrimination and ensure that their prison conditions are in line with the United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-Custodial Measures for Women Offenders (the Bangkok Rules). It also recommends that the State party ensure that women in prison:

(a) Are fully protected against any form of gender-based violence and that they have confidential and effective mechanisms to report any occurrence of such violence.

(b) Are always placed in prisons or wards separated from men, without this infringing on their access to out-of-cell activities and basic services, and that their conditions of detention are in line with international standards.

(c) Have full access to gender-sensitive health care including mental health-care services.