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In its review of the 2013 Annual Report of the National Preventive Mechanism, the National
Assembly recognised the importance of the recommendations made by the NPM to the Ministry
of Interior and adopted the Conclusions of the Committee on Justice, Public Administration and
Local Self-government71 which endorse the recommendations. In its Conclusions, the National
Assembly ordered the Ministry of Interior and the Government to bring the Instructions on
Treatment of Persons brought in by Police and Persons in police Custody in compliance with the
applicable regulations, standards and rulings of the European Court of Human Rights and to
provide the necessary funds in the 2015 budget for the construction or adaptation of custody
cells in police stations to make them compliant with the applicable standards. The Conclusions
of the National Assembly ordered the competent authorities to implement the recommendations
fully and without delay and notify the National Assembly thereof in writing by 31 December
2014.
With regard to position of persons in pre-trial detention (hereinafter detainees), the National
Assembly ordered the Administration for Enforcement of Penal Sanctions of the Ministry of
Justice to improve the treatment of detainees and to allow them the full enjoyment of all pertinent
rights, in full compliance with all applicable regulations and standards. The National Assembly
endorsed the recommendations made by the Protector of Citizens with a view to improving the
position of persons deprived of liberty and preventing mistreatment and ordered the competent
authorities to implement them without delay72. The Administration for Enforcement of Penal
Sanctions of the Ministry of Justice has been ordered to undertake all necessary measures to
improve the treatment of convicted persons in accordance with the recommendations made by
the Protector of Citizens.
In connection with the review of the 2013 Report of the National Preventive Mechanism73 by the
National Assembly, the Committee on the Rights of the Child passed a Conclusions74 which
ordered the competent public authorities to step up their deinstitutionalisation efforts and phase
out the existing social welfare homes, while ensuring community-based care for all children and
providing comprehensive support and appropriate action to ensure that social welfare homes
discontinue the practice of placing children with mental and/or intellectual difficulties in
solitary confinement.
In connection with the review of the 2013 Report of the National Preventive Mechanism 75 by the
National Assembly, the Committee on Human and Minority Rights passed a Conclusions76
which ordered the authorities addressed by the recommendations to immediately and fully
implement all recommendations and in particular to register all migrants who enter the territory
of the Republic of Serbia, to ensure that migrants are under full control by the competent
authorities pending the final resolution of their status or their deportation in accordance with
the applicable regulations and to ensure that asylum applications are processed in expedite
proceedings, while at the same time thwarting all attempts at abusing any of the rights afforded
to the migrants, with full respect of the minimum rights of irregular migrants and asylumseekers in accordance with the rules of international law and the applicable standards.
Relevant Conclusions of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia are attached hereto in
ANNEX II.
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http://www.zastitnik.rs/attachments/3518_odbor%20pravosudje.pdf.
National Assembly Resolution No. 73, adopted in the fourth session of the Second Regular Convocation in 2014 held
on 23 October 2014.
73 Report available at http://zastitnik.rs/attachments/3471_IZV%20NPM%202013%20final.pdf.
74 http://www.zastitnik.rs/attachments/3518_odbor%20za%20prava%20deteta.pdf.
75 Report available at http://zastitnik.rs/attachments/3471_IZV%20NPM%202013%20final.pdf.
76 http://www.zastitnik.rs/attachments/3518_odbor%20ljudska%20i%20manjinska.pdf.
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