6 Chapter COOPERATION WITH THE GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES, INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND NGO AUTHORITIES According to the Strategic Plan of the National Centre for 2014, one of the strategic objectives was to establish cooperation with state bodies and NGOs. In our view this was realized. The National Centre held a series of meetings with prosecutors of the IAB, one of these meetings was with the management of the Bishkek city prosecutor's office of the IAB in Bishkek City, during which they discussed the fact of obstruction of activities of the National Centre. Management of the district offices of Bishkek City was informed about all the facts of obstruction and was warned of the need for strict enforcement of the Law on the National Centre of the Kyrgyz Republic. A series of events, dedicated to the 66th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the 30th anniversary of the UN Convention against Torture, were held. On June 26, 2014, for the Day in Support of Victims of Torture by the National Centre, monitoring visits were conducted with NGOs, prosecutors and representatives of the departments of the institutions under their control. All participants were able to personally conduct interviews with persons in places of detention and restrictions of freedom and see the conditions of detention. The second part of the event was a round table in the framework of which representatives of government agencies and civil society discussed the problems encountered and ways to resolve them. Events of this kind, in our opinion, are an indicator of the readiness of state bodies to cooperate and jointly resolve issues such as ill-treatment of persons in custody and restrictions of freedom, as well as to assist in the improvement of conditions in prisons. A positive thing that should be noted was the collaboration with the Ministry of Health to develop practical guidelines for effective documentation of violence, torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. A representative of the National Centre was included in the working group for the development of this document. This guide has been developed with the technical and experts’ assistance of the legal program of the "Soros – Kyrgyzstan” Foundation and "Physicians for Human Rights" organizations. On October 23, 2014, the Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic signed a decree on the adoption of the National Action Plan to combat torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in the country. Implementation of this Plan is assigned to an interagency working group, which includes the members of the National Centre. National Centre of the Kyrgyz Republic on the Prevention of Torture | 75