improve the accountability of judges includes the deputy director of the National Centre, Sydygaliev B. (participates as the invited expert). An Action Plan to combat torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in the Kyrgyz Republic was approved by the order of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic, dated October 23, 2014 №469-p (hereinafter, the “Action Plan”) for the preparation of draft normative legal acts. For implementation of the measures, an interdepartmental working group was established consisting of representatives of government agencies, which includes representatives of the National Centre. Recommendations of the General Prosecutor’s Office of the Kyrgyz Republic To consider the establishment of special structural unit in the General Prosecutor’s Office to investigate cases of torture, which is under the General Prosecutor’s Office of the Kyrgyz Republic, with specialization in the investigation of charges against officials for torture Implementation of recommendations Refused to implement From the letter of the Deputy General Prosecutor: The General Prosecutor's Office is examining the issue of creation of a "department in the management of supervision of compliance of the laws, which carries out operational investigative activities, specializing in the subject of proper institutional controls (on the principle of centralized supervision) for the investigation of torture."60 At the moment, the investigation of cases of torture is carried out by Investigation Department of the General Prosecutor's Office; overseeing the procedural activities of investigators is carried out by a military prosecutor of the Republic, prosecutors of Bishkek and Osh cities, regions, districts and specialized prosecutors. No fund is provded to create new structural divisions. OpinionНационального of the National Centre Мнение центра The National Centre believes that for the approach for structural change and diversification of departments/offices of the General Prosecutor’s Office, the allocation of distinct functions is needed; there is no need to create a new department. By providing separate special prosecutors who report directly to the General Prosecutor and investigate purely official crimes, the supervisor will be able to make a significant contribution to the prevention of torture. 60 From the letter of the Deputy of General Prosecutors, Khaldarov U, dated September 39, 2014. National Centre of the Kyrgyz Republic on the Prevention of Torture | 83