Contents
I. PERSONS DEPRIVED OF THEIR LIBERTY AND THE FUNCTIONING OF THE NATIONAL
PREVENTIVE MECHANISM ........................................................................................................... 1
1. INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................... 1
2. PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS DEPRIVED OF THEIR LIBERTY BY ACTING ON
COMPLAINTS .......................................................................................................................... 1
2.1. Complaints filed by persons deprived of their liberty who are in the prison system ........................... 2
2.2. Complaints filed by citizens with regard to work of the police during the act of deprivation of one’s
liberty .................................................................................................................................................. 5
2.3. Complaints filed by persons with mental disorders ............................................................................. 6
3. NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM................................................................................... 6
3.1.
3.2.
3.3.
3.4.
Visits to the prison system ................................................................................................................... 8
Visits to police stations and prison units ........................................................................................... 17
Visits to psychiatric institutions ......................................................................................................... 19
Visits to homes for the elderly ........................................................................................................... 20
4. ASSESSMENT OF THE STATUS OF RESPECT OF RIGHTS OF PERSONS DEPRIVED OF THEIR
LIBERTY ................................................................................................................................. 21
4.1. Persons deprived of their liberty who are in the prison system ......................................................... 21
4.2. Persons deprived of their liberty in police stations and detention units ............................................ 28
4.3. Applicants for international protection, irregular migrants and persons who have been granted
international protection .................................................................................................................... 29
4.4. Persons with mental disorders .......................................................................................................... 31
5. CAPACITIES, INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND AMENDMENTS TO THE ACT ON THE
NPM ...................................................................................................................................... 33
5.1. Amendments to the Act on the National Preventive Mechanism...................................................... 33
5.2. International cooperation in performance of tasks of the NPM........................................................ 33
5.3. Capacities of the Office of the Ombudswoman for the performance of tasks of the NPM ............... 34
6. RECOMMENDATIONS .......................................................................................................... 35
II. REFUGEE CRISIS OF 2015 ....................................................................................................... 36
1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................... 36
2. DEFINITIONS OF TERMS AND LEGISLATION ........................................................................ 37
III. CONCLUSION ........................................................................................................................ 51