Recommendations (E/CN.4/2006/6/Add.3) ill-treatment by public officials will not be tolerated and will be subject to prosecution (a) Judges and prosecutors routinely ask persons brought from police custody how they have been treated, and even in the absence of a formal complaint from the defendant, order an independent medical examination (b) Situation during visit (See: E/CN.4/2006/6/Add.3) Steps taken in previous years (See: A/HRC/4/33/Add.2 and A/HRC/7/3/Add.2) Information received on steps taken since December 2007/current situation Not in place • Government 2008: The suggestions that judges should ask every person whether he/she has been ill-treated will be taken into account in the course of further criminal justice reform. • • • A/HRC/10/44/Add.5 page 23 • A Manual containing clearer guidelines on the modalities of the use of force and subjecting the use of force to a stricter review has been elaborated CPC para. 73(f) states that a medical examination is an absolute right that can neither be denied nor restricted. Article 73(f) refers to medical expertise (needed for the determination of important factual circumstances of a case), which is subject to a court decision Article 922 of the Law on Imprisonment of 23 June 2005 requires a medical examination after every transfer CPC article 263, provides that, if information recorded upon the routine medical examination shows that a prisoner has injuries, the prosecutor can initiate a preliminary investigation, even in the absence of allegations from the detainee Internal Guidelines of the