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get acquainted with the documents confirming the lawfulness of
their detention in those places;
receive necessary information, documents and materials, within
10 days, from any governmental and municipal bodies and
officials;
get acquainted with court decisions in force concerning criminal,
civil and administrative cases, as well as materials concerning the
denials of initiation of criminal cases;
receive written explanations from officials during investigation of
a complaint;
give fact-finding tasks to relevant bodies (except for a body or an
official whose decision or act (omission) is being complained of);
charge relevant government bodies and organizations with a task
of preparing an expert opinion;
be received without delay by heads and other officials of
governmental and municipal bodies, commanders of military
units, management of penitentiary institutions, investigatory
isolators, and temporary detention places.
With the consent of the person whose human rights have been violated, in
cases of special public importance, or in cases when the interests of the
persons who are not able to independently protect their rights are affected, the
Commissioner may carry out investigations on his/her own initiative
(Constitutional Law, Article 12.3).
In accordance with Article 13.2 of the Constitutional Law, if during the
investigation of a complaint the Commissioner reveals cases of violation of
human rights, he/she may take the following measures:
- demand from governmental and municipal bodies or officials
whose decision or act (omission) has violated human rights to
restore those rights;
- apply to relevant bodies for the initiation of a criminal case if
elements of a crime are found out;
- apply to the subjects entitled to file additional cassation
complaints;
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