Administration of TDFs under internal affairs bodies of the Kyrgyz Republic 1. 2. 3. Upon admission in TDFs under internal affairs bodies, information should not implemented be provided to detainees, in a written form, about their rights, internal regulations in TDFs, actions that are regarded as disciplinary violations, disciplinary sanctions, the procedure for complaining in case such measures are applied, and the procedure for submitting complaints with regard to all other issues. To install information stands/posters with information about the rights and partially implemented regulations in every cell both in Kyrgyz and Russian (possibly in other languages too). To develop a system of measures to overcome overcrowding in cells in not implemented order to comply with the standards spelled out in national legislation (3.25 sq. m. per person). 4. To fill in all documents in TDFs thoroughly, especially registration logs for partially implemented complaints coming from detainees as regards deteriorating health and bodily injuries, and those used for examination of newcomers and those taken back to TDFs after being transferred for purposes of investigative activities. 5. To provide every detainee with a possibility to contact the outside world partially implemented and to provide them with necessary conditions for visits. All recommendations following the conclusions of the 2011 monitoring report were, in general, approved when discussing the final report during a roundtable meeting on 13 December 2011. Most of these recommendations were subsequently reflected in the final report of the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Treatment and Punishment, Mr. Juan Méndez14, upon completion of his visit to the Kyrgyz Republic in December 2011. UN Special Rapporteur on Torture at a roundtable meeting on discussing the results of the 2011 monitoring study Since the project team has reckoned the majority of recommendations following the 2011 monitoring report as “not implemented” or “partially implemented,” the authors do not want their position to be perceived as a sweeping criticism of government institutions and their leaders. It is imperative to become even more active in light of what has been achieved and of what has not become possible yet. All recommendations that have not been implemented or have been implemented partially have been put forward again by the project team in the list of recommendations following the 2012 monitoring study. Alongside, some new recommendations have been brought to light as well. All recommendations are based on international standards establishing the absolute prohibition on torture, including the requirement that each torture allegation should be investigated effectively and that punishment for torture should be inevitable, specific recommendations of international human 14 Report by Prof. Juan Méndez, UN Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment or punishment, Mission to Kyrgyzstan, A/HRC/19/61/Add.2, of 21 February 2012 (hereafter the Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture). 16