CHILD SPECIFIC INDICATORS OF VISIT CAT 1 - GC 2 §3 | CRC 37 (a) (d) | OPCAT 3, 17-23 | RAJJ 17.3 | BOP 6 | GPJD VI.54 | RPJDL 67, 87 (a) | SMR 1, 8(d), 32(d), 34, 43 | ECHR 2, 3 | EPR 60.3 | GCFJ III.c.2 | CPT/Inf (2015), V, 126 | ECtHR, Dushka v. Ukraine (No 29175/04); Tarariyeva v. Russia (No 4353/03); Mubilanzila Mayeka et Kaniki Mitunga v. Belgium (No 13178/03 3); Muskhadzhiyeva and Others v. Belgium (No 41442/07); Rahimi v. Greece (No 8687/08); Popov v. France (No 39472/07 and 39474/07); Mahmundi and others v. Greece (No 14902/10); Güveç v. Turkey (No 70337/01); M.S.S v. Belgium and Greece [GC] (No 30696/09) B. ISOLATION AND SOLITARY CONFINEMENT Is the use of solitary confinement and isolation minimised strictly regulated and in any case used as a measure of last resort, and for protection or security purposes? ASK: Children | Staff | Director OBSERVE: ʺʺ Isolation rooms and any other cell that could be used for solitary confinement or isolation ʺʺ Material conditions, see windows, lights, bed, toilets, access to sanitary facilities ʺʺ Children’s behaviour and appearance (any sign of stress, trauma, injury, hematoma) CHECK: ʺʺ Internal rules and regulation, see whether the decision has been taken by the competent authority, what procedure has been applied, who must be informed / notified of the decision, its extension, its revision (judge, lawyer, parents), who should be consulted, who can visit the child during the measures, how often, for how long ʺʺ Register of isolation and solitary confinements, see purpose, justification, duration, frequency, who took the decision, who has been informed, who has visited the child, when and for how long ʺʺ Register of disciplinary measures and sanctions, see whether sanctions or disciplinary measures can be linked to isolation or solitary confinement ʺʺ Information, see whether the competent authority has been duly and timely informed, whether the lawyer of the child has been notified ʺʺ Medical records, see whether the medical staff has been informed immediately and if s/he had access to the child and if s/he does effectively visit the child, how often ʺʺ Register of complaints, see whether any (formal or informal) complaint has been lodged by a child for prolonged or irregular measures of isolation or solitary confinement ʺʺ Allegations of prolonged or irregular measures of isolation or solitary confinement 107 5