1. Police cells »»»»»»» 1. Police cells 6 visits to police cells involving a total of 35 persons Main topics in 2018 We discussed with the Police Presidium certain systemic measures to implement the recommendations outlined in the 2017 summary report. As concerns body searches prior to placing a person in a cell, the Presidium promised to lay down an internal procedure for conducting strip searches to ensure that the dignity of a searched person is protected by enabling the person to remove clothing above the waist 10 and get dressed before removing further clothing below the waist. However, the situation remains unsatisfactory in terms of privacy of examinations by physicians and compliance with a standard of prevention of ill-treatment by ensuring proper records and reporting of medical findings indicating ill-treatment (cf. page 21). Summary report