Implementation of the Duties and Powers of the National Preventive Mechanism in 2012 For the purpose of the construction of detention rooms, rules were developed which included some standards of construction used by the Prison Administration of the Republic of Slovenia in regard to the construction of isolation rooms. It was therefore proposed by the NPM that, considering the fact that detention rooms were obviously constructed in line with the standards for the construction of detention rooms used by the Ministry of the Interior and the Police, the Rules on the construction of detention rooms in the Slovenian Armed Forces and Military Police be modified (particularly in the part that refers to the arrangement of walls and the floor – Article 9). According to the rules, a fire extinguisher must be placed in any sanitary annexe (Article 10 of the Rules). If the sanitary annexe of detention rooms is also meant, it is remarked by the NPM, that, for safety reasons, perhaps this is not the best solution. A response by the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Slovenia in regard to the report and recommendations by the NPM in relation to detention rooms of the Slovenian Armed Forces As an example of best practice of a response provided by a responsible authority, the following response by the Ministry is hereby fully presented: “DEFICIENCY REMEDY PLAN, in regard to deficiencies established during the NPM visit to the 17th MPB” SUPERVISION MEASURES/TASKS At the table, there is a file with an inscription “REGISTER OF DETAINED PERSON IN 17th MPB” including lists which were empty at the time of the visit. There are the following section on the form - a table - which are dedicated to register the detention: the Lfd. number, date, rank, name and surname (of a detained person), birth details 1 of a detained person (date and place of birth), permanent and/or temporary address, citizenship (of a detained person), information about detention (location, time and grounds for detention), information of a military police officer ordering a detention (rank, name) – in a legible manner, and a signature of a military police officer. CORRECTIONAL TASKS HOLDER PARTICIPATING DEADLINE Complement the Register of Detained Person so as to add a section about a military police officer admitting the detained person into detention, as well as a section providing information on the conclusion of the detention. Head OC/17th MPB Commandant POVL OGV/ 17th MPB Immediately 17. There are two detention rooms at the disposal of the MPB which are suitable for longer Number detention 2 periods of detention in terms of their equipment. rooms as appropriate. Room numbers are not marked. Commandant POVL OGV/ 17th MPB S4/17th MPB and Head OC/17. Immediately Control/verify regularly detention rooms and remedy technical deficiencies immediately. Regular inspection of detention rooms is registered in the book OC 17. MPB. Commandant POVL OGV/ 17th MPB S4/17th MPB and Head OC/17. Immediately At the time of the visit it was established that in the left detention room (if viewed from the entrance into the corridor in front of detention rooms) the 3 water in the squat toilet does not stop after being flushed and that it only stops if the flushing is repeated. National Preventive Mechanism in the Republic of Slovenia under the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment OPOMBA In case of a detention, the number of a detention room in which a person has been detained, is mentioned in the official note. 131