2014-2015 REPORT ON NATIONAL PREVENTION OF TORTURE Recommendations following inspections in Children’s Socialisations Centres from children; children are required to specify how they are planning to use the money and to report on the money spent. 24 recommendations were provided to responsible institutions in relation to the shortcomings indicated above. Information on the implementation of the provided recommendations has not been received yet. 11. Regarding ensuring personal hygiene means – Centralized acquisition of personal hygiene means does not ensure a possibility for children to participate in their acquisition and express their opinion. CHILDREN’S SOCIALISATION CENTRES 12. Regarding creation of conditions for doing homework – The number of desks and chairs in the rooms did not correspond to the number of children living in the premises. Problems identified in Children’s Socialisation Centres 13. Regarding children’s leisure – Due to the attitude of the administration towards differentiation of leisure clubs or groups according to children’s gender, conditions for club/group attendance are different; children are not happy with the quality of clubs/groups they attend, while their complaints are not taken into account, and their wishes concerning the clubs/groups they would like to attend are not considered either. In 2014, the Seimas Ombudsmen assessed the human rights situation in six children’s socialisation centres (Vėliučionys Children’s Socialisation Centre; Vilnius Children’s Socialisation Centre; Kaunas Children’s Socialisation Centre Saulutė; Kaunas Children’s Socialisation Centre; Gruzdžiai Children’s Socialisation Centre; Children’s Socialisation Centre Širvėna). The following are the main problems and human rights violations identified: 14. R egarding familiarization of children with their rights and obligations, availability of information and examination of inquiries – Due to the fact that anonymity might not be ensured, some children avoid approaching either their educators, or the administration. 1. Regarding lawfulness of the use of pacifying rooms – In certain children’s socialisation centres, pacifying rooms were still used, thereby posing a possible risk of violation of children’s rights. Such violations may result from failure to comply with the procedure provided for in legal acts and the standards of the Committee against Torture: in certain children’s socialisation centres, the scope of circumstances under which a child may be placed in a pacifying room was unreasonably extended, and a child was placed into the pacifying room without first trying to calm him/ her down by other 15. Regarding the “label” of a child from a care home – Children from an institution are often “labelled” negatively. Children face a stigmatizing attitude both in educational and personal health care institutions, and in the local community. 19