and protection against discrimination, harassment due to a disability, ill-treatment and violence. The aim and purpose of drawing up and implementing such a Plan should be to ensure equal conditions of detention for detainees with disabilities in the sense that these persons should under no circumstances be exposed to conditions of detention/deprivation of liberty which, due to their lack of adjustment on the basis of their disability, become more unfavourable to them. The aforementioned Report of the Commissioner as NPM was submitted to the Minister of Justice and Public Order, as the competent authority in accordance with article 9 of L. 2(ΙΙΙ)/2009, and was forwarded to the Chief of Police for his information and the Minister Health for any actions he may wish to take. At the same time, although this Report was drawn up on the basis of the Commissioner’s responsibilities as the Independent Mechanism for the Promotion, Protection and Monitoring of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the Report was also submitted to the Minister of Labour, Welfare and Social Security and to the Chief of Police to implement the appropriate measures for persons with disabilities in detention. As a first step, the Commissioner proposed to promote the creation of at least one suitable place of detention in every District, as analysed further below. The Report was also forwarded to the Department of Social Integration of Persons with Disabilities, which constitutes the focal point for the implementation of the Convention, and to the Cyprus Confederation of Organisations of the Disabled for their information. 12