E/CN.4/1999/61/Add.1 page 15 50. Another important guarantee to ensure that the rights of a detainee are respected is to maintain clear records of the apprehension and custody of the individual. In this regard, article 12 of the Regulation on Apprehension, Police Custody and Interrogation provides very clear guidelines on the information that is to be registered by the police in the admissions book. These guidelines are consistent with the Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment, in particular principle 12. Article 6 of the Regulation on Apprehension, Police Custody and Interrogation also provides that an individual is to be immediately informed of his rights upon apprehension. 51. In practice, however, the Special Rapporteur encountered certain shortcomings and gaps in the process. On his visit to one jandarma station he discovered that there was a delay between the time a detainee was brought to the station and the time the detention was actually recorded in the book. In this particular case, the suspect had been brought to the station at 3 a.m.; this was not recorded in the admissions book until 11 a.m. The officer on duty explained that the detention was not recorded until the public prosecutor had given written permission to do so. Another shortcoming that the Special Rapporteur discovered at one police station is that the officer who logs the information into the admissions book does not sign or indicate his name; it is only the officer who records the release or transfer of the detainees who signs the admissions book. In the event that the rights of the individual have been violated, the failure to record the name of the officer admitting the detainees obviously creates problems for accountability. 52. Further, the Special Rapporteur had been informed that a protocol had been distributed to all police and jandarma stations setting out the rights of an individual who has been apprehended, which must be provided to the individual upon his apprehension. In the above-mentioned jandarma station, the officer on duty admitted that there were no copies of this protocol available to present to detainees. He stated, however, that detainees were orally informed of their rights. But when the Special Rapporteur questioned those being held at the station, they indicated that they had not been informed of their rights, but rather, had been requested to sign statements, which they had not read, to the effect that they had waived their right to a lawyer. This incident highlights the need for widespread training of all security personnel on the new Regulation on Apprehension, Police Custody and Interrogation. B. Medical issues 53. The Special Rapporteur has deemed it necessary to devote a distinct section of his report to the role of the medical profession, not only because of its ordinary relationship with torture, both from the perspective of prevention and from that of detection and investigation, but also because of its especially pivotal role in the Turkish context. In particular, problems can be identified in Turkey in connection with the lack of forensic training and equipment of medical personnel, the issuing of medical certificates for persons in detention, and the role and questionable independence of prison doctors. However, it is first necessary to understand the relationships between actors in the forensic field and, in particular, the chain of accountability.