Today, on June 26, the Human
Rights Defender published the 2022 Annual Report on the activities of theDefender as a National Prevention Mechanism.
Reference was made to the
issues recorded during the monitoring conducted in 2022 and to the systemic
issues raised by individual complaints received from persons deprived of their
liberty. They were analyzed in detail and summarized within the framework of
this Report, as well as recommendations for addressing the raised issues were
provided.
The issues on protection of
the rights of persons with mental illness, the activities carried out in the
field, the solved and unsolved issues were also presented. The issues regarding
the provision of the right to health care, food, improvement of detention
conditions, sanitary and hygienic conditions, contact with the outside world,
resocialization, education, employment and other issues of persons deprived of
liberty in penitentiary institutions, places of detention of arrested persons
and police stations were analyzed and appropriate recommendations were
presented.
A special reference was made
to the issues related to the working conditions of penitentiary and police
servicemen, as well as medical personnel, which make the implementation of
continuous reforms in the field relevant. It should be noted that the
activities of the Defender in the status of the National Preventive Mechanism
are carried out in strict accordance with the principles of unbiased,
non-political and professional work in close partnership with public bodies,
civil society organizations and international partners.