Part I ited establishment and the complainant remains anonymous if. If the team is unable to confirm the complainant’s charges, these are reported during the summarising conversation as unverified reports, and it is the establishment director’s duty to investigate them. When the visit is completed, a report is drawn up which describes all the findings and conclusions, as well as recommendations for the body managing the visited establishment and for its supervisory bodies. If the establishment’s management does not agree with the recommendations, the NPM representatives request the supervisory bodies to issue their opinion and position on the matter. Such a dialogue is conducted to indicate the merits of the NMPT’s recommendations whose implementation will strengthen the protection of the rights of persons deprived of their liberty at the visited place. If torture or inhuman, degrading treatment or punishment is revealed, the visitors, following the visit, file a notification about a suspected crime. In each case, however, the victim has to consent to having his/her personal data revealed and to referring the case to law enforcement bodies. Only drastic cases justify deviations from the rule. If so, the decision is made personally by the Commissioner for Human Rights who signs the notification about a suspected crime. If the victim does not consent to report the case to the law enforcement agencies, and in the opinion of the visiting team, the possible inappropriate behaviour is not drastic, the visiting team treats the obtained information as reports which may point to inappropriate treatment of detainees, and requests the directors of the establishments to explain the situation and present their conclusions. The situation is different when information about torture, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment is derived from documents or CCTV footage, rather than directly from the victims. In such a case, the visitors do not have to request consent for referring the case to law enforcement bodies, and each time draw up a notification about a suspected crime. 19

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