CONTENT 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. INTRODUCTION ………………………………………………………………………………………….. 6 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ………………………………………………….. 7 FINDINGS OF THE PREVENTIVE VISITS TO THE CLOSED INSTITUTIONS 2.1. General information and main statistical data …………………………………… 13 2.2. The right to freedom from torture and ill-treatment …………………….…… 19 2.3. The right to legal protection ………………………………………………………….…… 32 OBSERVANCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND CONDITIONS OF CONFINEMENT IN THE TDF AND PDF OF THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC 3.1. Living and sanitary-hygienic conditions …….…….……….…….…………….……. 36 3.2. The right to health care………………………………………..…….…………….………… 46 3.3. Nourishment……………………………………………………………………………………….. 49 3.4. The right to petition………………………………………………..…….…………….……… 53 3.5. The right to information ………………………………………………………………..……. 55 3.6. The right to visit………………………………………………………………………….……….. 56 3.7. The right to receive parcels…………………………………………………………….…… 57 3.8. The right to daily walks………………………………………………….……………………. 58 LEGALITY OF DETENTION AND STAY IN CLOSED INSTITUTIONS OF THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC ..…………………………………………………………………………. 59 MAJOR PROBLEMS OF EFFECTIVE RESPONSE TO INSTANCES OF TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT 5.1. The lack of an effective mechanism for investigation………………..………… 64 5.2. Documentation of torture and ill-treatment………………….…………………….. 69 5.3. Inevitability of punishment for torture and ill-treatment …..……………….. 73 COOPERATION WITH THE GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES, INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND NGO AUTHORITIES…………………………. 75 CHALLENGES FOR EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MANDATE OF THE NATIONAL CENTRE PROVIDED BY INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL LEGISLATION 7.1. Information on the facts of obstruction of the work of the National Centre by government authorities .………………………………… 77 7.2. Complexity of implementation of activity in accordance with the mandate of the NPM…………………………..………………………………… 81 INFORMATION ON THE LEVEL OF EXECUTION OF RESOLUTIONS OF THE JOGORKU KENESH OF THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC BY STATE BODIES ON RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE NATIONAL CENTRE PUBLISHED IN THE ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2013……………………………………………………………… 82 National Centre of the Kyrgyz Republic on the Prevention of Torture | 3

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