versus Penitentiary no. 16 and the National Penitentiary Administration205, case of C and others versus the 2nd Motorized Infantry Brigade "Stefan Cel Mare"206, etc. As a result of the reaction, the situation of the mentioned persons has improved. In addition, the employees of the subdivision analyzed over 400 operational summaries of the penitentiary system and 373 operational summaries on the situation in psychiatric hospitals and temporary placement centers for people with disabilities. In some cases, the People's Advocate initiated ex officio investigations. During the year, the dialogue with the profile authorities, the associative sector and other actors in the field of torture prevention was continued on the segment of promoting the recommendations of the People's Advocate, identifying solutions, improving the situation, etc. It is worth mentioning the openness and willingness of the authorities to cooperate in the field of prevention of torture and ill-treatment, compared to previous years. However, the institutions monitored in the activity of torture prevention have started to realize the need to address zero tolerance towards acts of torture. However, during the year there were cases of obstruction of access to PAO employees and members of the Council for the Prevention of Torture at the State Border Crossing Point "Chisinau International Airport" and the Rascani Police Inspectorate of the Chisinau Police Directorate. In this way, the People's Advocate reminds that the interference in the activity of the People's Advocate, the intentional ignorance of his notifications and recommendations, as well as the impediment in any form of his activity, attract legal liability. The People's Advocate warns police officers that the access of the People's Advocate, employees of the People's Advocate Office and members of the Council for the Prevention of Torture, as well as experts and specialists accompanying them during preventive, documentary, thematic or monitoring visits may not be restricted in no way, whether or not there are persons retained or detained at the time of the visit to the institution visited. The same provisions apply to access to places where persons are presumed to be deprived of their liberty, access to registers and any other information on the treatment and conditions of detention of persons deprived of their liberty. Ensuring access to the above-mentioned actors in the institution, place of detention, registers, etc. is one of the key elements in the prevention of torture and ill-treatment. Any form of obstruction of access is a precondition for a reasonable suspicion that detainees may be or are 205 http://ombudsman.md/news/cazul-cosovan-s-demonstreaza-ca-eforturile-conjugate-pot-genera-schimbari-de-sistem2/; 206 http://ombudsman.md/news/comunicat-de-presa-8/; 144