- - - 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; 23

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