Recommendation XXV. Take all the necessary measures to reduce overcrowding in the prisons, in particular the adoption of a policy on substitute non-custodial sentences such as community service ; The holding capacity of the 34 prisons is estimated at 3369 detainees based on a space of 5 m2 per person. Based on this assessment, it is estimated that overcrowding in prisons is 185 % all over the country. In the face of this phenomenon, the Government has taken a number of measures. They include, among others, the rehabilitation of prisons and correctional centres and the construction of ten (10) new prisons with a holding capacity for between three hundred (300) and five hundred (500) persons. This measure will enable the buildings holding the detainees to be provided with the required security standards, thus reducing as much as possible the risks of escape and guaranteeing the rights and dignity of the inmates. Moreover, the Government, in partnership with the NGO, International Prisoners without Borders, has established an agro-pastoral prison at Saliakro in the Dimbokro region (Centre). This prison trains detainees in trades such as tailoring/sewing, mechanics and agro-pastoral techniques. The goals targeted under this original project are to produce with the aim of improving the food ration of all detainees, reduce delinquency through reintegration on the one hand, and reduce the expenses borne by the State in this sector, on the other hand . However, the Head of State has granted presidential pardon to 3000 prisoners who have since been released. Recommendation XXVI. Accelerate the establishment of a National Independent Human Rights Commission in line with the Paris Principles and provide financial, material and human resources to enable it to effectively discharge its mandate of promoting and protecting human rights; This recommendation was partly achieved with the adoption of Law No. 2012-1132 of 13 December 2012 on the establishment, assignment, organisation and functioning of the new National Human Rights Commission of Côte d’Ivoire. The Commission assumed its duties on 10 June 2013. Recommendation XXVII. Incorporate in its next periodic report, updated statistics and gender disaggregated data in respect of the different areas of human rights ; This report, as much as possible, has made efforts to comply with this recommendation by producing updated statistical data. Recommendation XXVIII. Ensure that during the preparation of the next periodic report, the Robben Island Guidelines on State Reporting will be complied with in line with the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, the Reporting Guidelines of States Parties on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights guaranteed by the African Charter and the Robben Island Guidelines. This report has made efforts, as much as possible, to comply with this recommendartion. Recommendation XXIX. Inform the Commission, in its next periodic report, of measures taken to ensure the implementation of the recommendations contained in these Concluding Observations. These constitute the object and the purpose of preparing this present report. 21