A legislative package developed
jointly by the Office of the Human Rights Defender and the Ministry of Justice
has been approved by the Government. The purpose of the package is to
strengthen contact between persons deprived of liberty and their close
relatives, as well as to improve their situation at penitentiary
institutions.
The legislative package is based on
the examinations conducted by the Office of the Human Rights Defender in
penitentiary institutions and the discussion of received complaints.
In particular, the Defender’s Office
examined the realization of the right to maintain contact with outside world by
persons deprived of liberty, issuance of identification cards, the possibility
of postponing the disciplinary penalty during inpatient treatment and the
necessity of reviewing the rule on keeping separate life-sentenced prisoners.
The position of the Human Rights
Defender on ensuring the rights of detainees and convicted persons can be found
here.
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