CONTENTS
Foreword.......................................................................................................4
Definitions and Abbreviations Used in the Text ..........................................5
CHAPTER 1. MANDATE OF THE NATIONAL PREVENTIVE
MECHANISM BASED ON THE OPCAT……………………………...7
1.1. Requirements of the OPCAT..................................................................7
1.2. National legislation.................................................................................8
1.3. Directions of the activity of the NPM...................................................10
CHAPTER 2. ACTIVITY OF THE NPM AND
PREVENTIVE VISITS………………………………………………….12
2.1.Organization of preventive visits............................................................12
2.1.1. Scheduled visits...................................................................................12
2.1.2. Ad-hoc visits........................................................................................13
2.2. Conducting visits...................................................................................13
2.2.1. Institutions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs....................................16
2.2.2. Institutions of the Ministry of Justice Penitentiary Service................32
2.2.3. Institutions of the State Security Service............................................47
2.2.4. Institutions of the Ministry of Defence...............................................48
2.2.5. Institutions of the State Migration Service.........................................49
2.2.6. Institutions of the Ministry of Health.................................................49
2.2.7. Institutions of the Ministry of Education............................................57
2.2.8. Institutions of the Ministry of Labor and Social
Protection of Population…………………………………………………..61
2.2.9. Institutions of the local executive powers..........................................62
CHAPTER 3. Legal Analysis…………………...……………………….64
CHAPTER 4. Legal Awareness………………...……………………….71
CHAPTER 5. Public affairs and International Cooperation………….76
CHAPTER 6.Outcomes and Recommendations……………………….82
Appendix 1. Statistical data..........................................................................88
Appendix 2.Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and
Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment…………..91
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