COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS BULLETIN 2017, No 4 SOURCES Report of the Polish Commissioner for Human Rights on the Activities of the National Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture in 2016 (Synthesis) Editor-in-chief: Stanisław Trociuk Editor: Aleksandra Iwanowska Ph.D, Przemysław Kazimirski, Justyna Lewandowska, Krzysztof Olkowicz Report prepared by: The „National Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture” Department in the Office of CHR dr Aleksandra Iwanowska: Part I: 5 dr Justyna Jóźwiak: Part II: 1 Przemysław Kazimirski: Part I: 8, Part II: 2, 4-5 Dorota Krzysztoń: Part I: 4 Marcin Kusy: Structure of the Report 1-5, Part I: 1-2, 7 Rafał Kulas: Part I: 3 Justyna Lewandowska: Part II: pkt 3 Wojciech Sadownik: Part I: 2, 6 Based on documents prepared by: The “National Preventive Mechanism” Department in the Office of CHR Sentence Execution Team in the Office of CHR Local Representative in Gdańsk, Katowice and Wrocław Published by: Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights al. Solidarności 77, 00-090 Warsaw www.rpo.gov.pl Help line 800 676 676 © Copyright by the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights Warsaw 2017 ISSN 0860-7958 Submitted for typesetting in October 2017 Authorised for publication in October 2017 Edition: 250 copies Cover design: DTP, proofreading, printing and binding: Omikron Sp. z o.o. www.omikron.net.pl

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