CAT/C/LVA/CO/6 (h) The entry into force of amendments to the Law on the Procedures for Holding Apprehended Persons that provide that arrested persons may be held for a maximum of seven days in short-term detention facilities, in 2016; (i) The adoption of the new Asylum Law in 2015, with entry into force in 2016, and of amendments, in 2017, which contain a number of provisions that set higher standards for the asylum procedure, integration measures and introduction of resettlement; (j) The adoption by Parliament in 2019, and scheduled entry into force in 2020, of a law on the discontinuation of the non-citizen status for children; (k) The scheduled entry into force of the Law on Administrative Infringement Proceedings, under which arrest is no longer envisaged as an administrative punishment, in 2020. 4. The Committee also welcomes the State party’s initiatives to amend its policies, programmes and administrative measures to give effect to the Convention: (a) The adoption of Regulation No. 25 on health care for detained and convicted persons in the places of detention, in 2014; (b) The implementation of a pilot project giving prisoners serving life sentences the possibility of communicating with relatives via Skype, in 2014; (c) The entry into force of amendments to Cabinet of Ministers Regulation No. 1493 of 22 December 2009, which provided for types of legal aid that had not been covered before, in 2014; (d) The adoption of guidelines for the prevention of trafficking in human beings for 2014–2020, in 2014; (e) The entry into force of amendments to procedural and legal provisions in a number of laws that provide for the possibility of imposing temporary protection against violence, in 2014; (f) The adoption of Cabinet of Ministers Regulation No. 161 on a procedure regarding the elimination of the threat of violence and the provision of temporary protection against violence, in 2014; (g) The availability of State-funded social rehabilitation services for adult victims of violence, since 2015; (h) The availability of social rehabilitation for children recognized as asylum seekers who have suffered from violence, since 2015. C. Principal subjects of concern and recommendations Pending follow-up issues from the previous reporting cycle 5. In its previous concluding observations (CAT/C/LVA/CO/3-5, para. 28), the Committee requested the State party to provide follow-up information in response to its recommendations relating to the strengthening of legal safeguards for persons deprived of their liberty (ibid., para. 9), conditions of detention (ibid., para. 19) and the use of restraints (ibid., para. 21). The Committee expresses its appreciation for the State party’s response on those matters and the substantive follow-up information, provided on 10 February 2015 (CAT/C/LVA/CO/3-5/Add.1), and for its sixth periodic report, constituting the State party’s reply to the Committee’s list of issues (CAT/C/LVA/QPR/6). However, in view of that information, the Committee considers that the above-mentioned recommendations have been only partly implemented, and have been included for follow-up in the present concluding observations (see para. 11 on fundamental legal safeguards, para. 15 on conditions of detention and para. 23 on the treatment of persons in social care and psychiatric institutions, below). 2

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