To introduce amendments in quasi-torture articles (Article 304 “Abuse of partially implemented power,” Article 305 “Exceeding official powers,” Article 316 “Negligence,” Article 325 “Compulsion of evidence,” Article 332 “Bribery or compulsion of evidence or evasion of testimony or compulsion of wrong translation”) for purposes of excluding duplication of articles providing for liability for torture. 3. To introduce amendments in Article 4 of the Law “On General Principles not implemented of Amnesty and Clemency” stating that amnesty may not be applied to convicts who committed offences envisaged by Article 305-1 of the CC KR. In the same vein, implement a recommendation by the UN Committee against Torture of 18 November 1999 whereby the state should ensure non-applicability of the Amnesty Law regarding offences related to torture. 4. To introduce amendments in the CPC KR whereby priority should be not implemented given to testimony at trial hearings with a view to prevent cases of confessions extracted under duress by law enforcement officials in the course of investigation activities. A norm should be introduced in Article 81 of the CPC KR (Evidence) stating that testimony given by a suspect charged with a criminal offence during pre-trial criminal proceedings, but not confirmed by him/her in a courtroom, should be regarded as inadmissible evidence. This norm would exclude the need to use torture and to obtain confessionary statements, since they will not be of paramount importance in court when a person’s guilt is established. 5. To introduce amendments in Article 17 of the Law on Custody Procedure implemented and remove a provision stating that “a lawyer shall be granted an appointment if they have a written confirmation of lawyer’s participation in the criminal case issued by an investigator, prosecutor and a court of law considering the criminal case” which violates the principle of adversarial trial and the right to defence. 6. To remove a provision from Article 325 of the CPC KR (Releasing a not implemented defendant from custody) stating that in case a defendant is acquitted, or a guilty verdict without punishment or with exemption from punishment is passed, or in case of a conditional sentence or non-custodial punishment, or in case criminal proceedings are terminated, a defendant who is under arrest must be released immediately only when the sentence comes into effect. 7. To introduce amendments in the Law on Custody Procedure establishing not implemented absolute prohibition on the following: а) censorship on correspondence of persons placed in detention institutions with their lawyer, parliamentarians, Ombudsman of the Kyrgyz Republic and international human rights bodies; b) placement of juveniles in one cell with adults with “positive references” in temporary detention facilities. 8. To introduce additional norms in the CPC KR regulating the procedure for not implemented carrying out special investigation activities aimed at crime prevention and identification of perpetrators, the status of persons involved in such activities and their rights and duties. 9. To ensure permanent parliamentary control over Kyrgyzstan’s compliance not implemented with commitments within international human rights treaties and timely submission of periodic reports on implementing these commitments. 10. To facilitate the establishment and effective functioning of the National partially implemented Preventive Mechanism – a new approach in torture prevention within the framework of the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture. 11. To make an official statement recognizing the competence of the UN not implemented Committee against Torture to deal with individual reports related to the violation of the right to freedom from torture as per Article 22 of the UN Convention against Torture. 2. 13

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