General Report of the CPT, 2012-2013 6. During the ad hoc visit to Armenia in April 2013, the CPT’s delegation reviewed the steps taken to implement recommendations made by the Committee after previous visits regarding the treatment of persons deprived of their liberty by the police. The delegation interviewed numerous detained persons who had recently been or were still in police custody, and examined investigation files concerning complaints about police ill-treatment. The delegation also reviewed the situation of certain life-sentenced prisoners at Kentron Prison, whose treatment had been severely criticised by the CPT in the reports on its 2010 and 2011 visits to Armenia. 7. The treatment of persons detained by law enforcement agencies was also the principal focus of the December 2012 ad hoc visit to Azerbaijan. In addition to interviewing a large number of persons with recent experience of police custody, the CPT’s delegation examined in depth the effectiveness of the investigations carried out into several specific cases involving possible ill-treatment by law enforcement officials; those cases included that of Turac Zeynalov, who died in August 2011 whilst remanded in custody in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan. 8. Similarly, the main theme of the ad hoc visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina in December 2012 was the treatment of persons in police custody, in particular in the Republika Srpska. The CPT wished to evaluate the progress made in implementing the recommendations aimed at combating police ill-treatment set out in the report on the periodic visit organised in 2011. The report on the 2012 ad hoc visit as well as the response of the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina were made public on 12 September 2013. In its report, the CPT concludes that resort to ill-treatment by the police remains a frequent occurrence, in particular by crime inspectors in the Banja Luka Central and Gradiska Police Stations. In response to the CPT’s recommendations, the authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina provide information on certain investigations into allegations of ill-treatment, as well as on preventive action taken in the form of circulars issued by the Director of Police and the Criminal Police Administration following an instruction from the Minister of the Interior of the Republika Srpska. Reference is also made to a letter sent to judges by the President of the Supreme Court of the Republika Srpska, reminding them of their obligations whenever there are indications of possible ill-treatment by the police. In contrast to the situation as regards the police, most prisoners interviewed by the CPT’s delegation during the 2012 visit stated that they were treated correctly by prison staff. However, a number of allegations were received of ill-treatment by certain prison officers at Bijeljina Prison. 9. The ad hoc visit to Georgia in November 2012 was triggered by the publication on 18 September of video material containing scenes of apparent serious ill-treatment of prisoners by staff at Prison No. 8 in Tbilisi. Already on 20 September, the CPT sent a letter to the Georgian authorities, pursuant to 8