3. PROJECT METHODOLOGY The project on “Addressing human rights in closed facilities in Kyrgyzstan through nationallyowned human rights mechanisms” was implemented from 1 April through 30 November 2012. Compared to the 2011 project, the methodology did not undergone major changes, as project goals and objectives have remained the same. Main project goal: To support torture prevention efforts in closed institutions, including in TDFs and reception centres of internal affairs bodies and PDFs under the SSEP through national human rights protection mechanisms. Project objectives: training for defence attorneys, NGO lawyers and human rights activists in the area of international standards, monitoring techniques in closed institutions and reporting; objective monitoring of TDFs and reception centres of internal affairs bodies and PDFs under the SSEP by civil society representatives with detailed registration of the respect for national legislation and international standards on the treatment of prisoners by staff members of these institutions, as well as effective documentation of human rights infractions, if any; collection of reliable information on compliance with international standards on treatment of prisoners in TDFs and reception centres of internal affairs bodies and PDFs under the SSEP; response to cases of torture and cruel treatment revealed in the course of monitoring visits; providing legal, medical and psychological assistance to victims of torture and cruel treatment; awareness raising among the wider public and international Questionnaire survey of a detainee in the Moskva District TDF human rights bodies and organizations about the situation related to the right to freedom from torture in places of detention; identification of norms in the applicable law of the Kyrgyz Republic that are conducive to violating the right to freedom from torture and cruel treatment and hampering effective verification and investigation of such violations and punishment of those guilty, as well as development of relevant recommendations; analysis and processing of monitoring findings for formulating recommendations with further facilitation to their practical implementation; and providing monitoring findings to interested government bodies and their further discussion for purposes of improving the detention system, including in TDFs and reception centres of internal affairs bodies and PDFs under the SSEP. In the course of the monitoring study in closed institutions, special attention was paid to the respect for the right to freedom from torture among detainees and compliance with international standards on treatment of prisoners and detention conditions in reception centres under internal affairs bodies. 22