LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS:
An Action Plan - Action Plan to combat torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading
treatment or punishment in the Kyrgyz Republic by the Decree of the Government of the Kyrgyz
Republic, dated October 23, 2014, №469-d
Body of Principles – Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Detention or
Imprisonment in any Form1
BSBS – Belovodsk specialized boarding school
Universal Declaration – The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
CBS - Chui Boarding School
CC – Criminal Code
CCA – Commission on children’s affairs
CoAR – Code of the Administrative Responsibility
Committee against Torture – The UN Committee against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or
Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Convention against Torture – The UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or
Degrading Treatment or Punishment
CPC – Criminal Procedure Code
DC – detention cells in administrative proceedings
DIA – Department of Internal Affairs
GP – General Prosecutor’s Office
IAB– Internal Affairs Body
IAUT – Internal Affairs Unit in Transport
ICCPR – International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights2
Internal Regulations – Internal Regulations on Temporary Detention Facilities of Internal Affairs
of the Kyrgyz Republic3
MDCI – Main Directorate for Criminal Investigation of MoI
MoI – Ministry of Interior
National Centre - National Centre of the Kyrgyz Republic on the Prevention of Torture and
Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
NGO – Non-governmental organization
NOCH - Naryn oblast combined hospitals
NPM - National Preventive Mechanism
OPCAT - Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or
Degrading Treatment or Punishment
OSCE – The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
PA – Public Association
PDF – pretrial detention facility
PEC – Penal Execution Code
PF – Public Fund
Place of custodial restraint - any place that by its characteristics is not classified as a place of
imprisonment, where the person resides or is likely to remain on the order of a state body
(official) or with its consent, from which he/she cannot leave on his/her own, including the
location and the objects of law enforcement agencies; adaptation centers and minor
rehabilitation centers; military units of internal affairs bodies, defense, national security, the
penal system and the authorized state body in the field of emergency prevention;
1
Approved by the Resolution of the UN General Assembly of December 9, 1988, №43/173.
Adopted by Resolution 2200A (XXI) UN General Assembly, on December 16, 1966.
3
Adopted by the Resolution of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic dated February 2, 2006, №57.
2
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