FOREWORD ......................................................................................................................................... 4
THE PANDEMIC AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN PLACES OF DETENTION ................................. 6
HOW TO READ THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE NATIONAL MECHANISM FOR THE
PREVENTION OF TORTURE (NMPT)? .......................................................................................... 8
PART I – ORGANIZATION OF WORK OF THE NMPT in 2020 ............................................... 10
EXPERT COMMITTEE .................................................................................................................... 11
FINANCING OF THE NMPT ........................................................................................................... 12
PART II – HOW DOES THE NMPT WORK? ................................................................................ 14
NMPT'S WORK METHODOLOGY ................................................................................................ 14
EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES ........................................................................................................ 16
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION.............................................................................................. 19
ADVISORY ACTIVITIES ................................................................................................................. 20
OTHER ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE PANDEMIC ............................................................. 36
PART III – DIFFICULTIES IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NMPT MANDATE ...... 38
PART IV – SITUATION IN PLACES OF DETENTION ............................................................... 40
POLICE DETENTION FACILITIES ............................................................................................... 41
PENITENTIARY ESTABLISHMENTS........................................................................................... 58
DETENTION OF JUVENILES ....................................................................................................... 100
NURSING HOMES AND OTHER LONG TERM CARE AND TREATMENT FACILITIES 122
SOBERING-UP STATIONS ............................................................................................................ 135
GUARDED CENTRES FOR FOREIGNERS ................................................................................ 140
THE NATIONAL CENTRE FOR THE PREVENTION OF DISSOCIAL BEHAVIOURS IN
GOSTYNIN........................................................................................................................................ 151
GROUP QUARANTINE FACILITIES .......................................................................................... 156
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