2. 3. To develop a social and psychological service and educational activities within SSEP, with appropriate state support, particularly in the area of financing, including with respect to the National Strategy for Penitentiary System Development in Kyrgyzstan. To develop standard social, psychological, restorative and rehabilitation services for these target groups and appropriate documents, and to introduce a system for evaluating the effectiveness of these services. POLICE REFORM 1. 2. 3. To shift the criteria for evaluating the performance of police officers from crime detention rate to a system based on public trust and safety. Within the framework of the police reform, it is imperative that police performance indicators be reformed. The importance of quantitative indicators should, without further delay, be lowered significantly. The performance evaluation system should include a public opinion poll on police work that should be carried out by independent institutions. Within the framework of this reform, more modern comprehensive indicators for evaluating police performance must be considered, such as the feeling of safety among the public, appraisal of police work (general evaluation, satisfaction with their work, and satisfaction with communication), evaluation of latent crimes and evaluation of the scale of human rights violations. Not only should the leadership of the MoI declare zero tolerance toward torture, but they should also denounce the use of torture and provide real-life cases when this crime was committed by police officers along with punishment that ensued afterwards. The MoI should inform the public on a regular basis about cases of torture (publish such information in criminal news sections) and reports of the offence called “torture” and cruel treatment by police officers. PERSONNEL TRAINING AND RE-TRAINING 1. 2. To review and to improve, on a constant basis, the legal education system targeting police officers, in particular special investigation officers, investigation units and services that are responsible for detention conditions. A special attention should be paid to their moral and professional faculties. On a mandatory basis, to include international standards in academic curricula and to discuss issues related to inconsistency between national legislation and practices and international standards in the course of educational activities. Such academic curricula should also include all decisions of the UN Human Rights Committee regarding the Kyrgyz Republic and other decisions of UN treaty bodies and the European Court of Human Rights related to torture, and obligations to investigate torture and cruel treatment. 21

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