58 MONITORING OF CUSTODIAL SETTINGS IN UKRAINE: or on actions taken with regard to an apprehended person (making of the protocol, acknowledgement of explanations, etc.), or indications of the position and name of the police officer who apprehended or invited a person to the police station. Entries in the registers do not refer to the status in which a person remained at the police unit (apprehended person, officially invited person or visitor); • duty rotation loggers contain no data on individuals held at the premises for apprehended and detained persons, including those held in excess of the established time limits; • registers of exits do not contain entries about the grounds on which detainees are ordered out of their cells, which excludes control over the lawfulness of such exits. Moreover, such registers do not contain data on all such exits, without any exception, inclusive of exits for purposes of exercise, bactericidal treatment of cells, etc.; • documentation of patrol units that accounts for individuals apprehended and brought to police units does not meet the requirements of the Field Manual of MIA Patrol Duty Units; • plans of in-service training for the personnel of special facilities and police authorities for 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 training periods do not include compulsory topics of human rights respect in the operation of MIA authorities. Examination of in-service training materials (lists of topics, plans, summary notes, etc.) and conducted interviews with the personnel give grounds to assert that the leadership of the visited authorities and facilities has failed to arrange for proper familiarization of their staff with the domestic and international legislation and MIA regulations in the sphere of human rights. Regulatory deficiencies Part 3 of Art. 327 of the Code of Administrative Offences stipulates that administrative arrests are served according to the rules established in the laws of Ukraine, but such laws at the moment do not exist. Individuals punished by administrative arrest serve their term at special reception centers for administrative arrestees that function in accordance with the relevant Provisions approved by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine on September 18, 1992, No. 552. In contravention of Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 731, of December 28, 1992, “On Approval of the Provisions on State Registration of the Regulations of Ministries and Other Bodies of State Power” this regulation was not brought into conformity with the Constitution and laws of Ukraine, other legislative acts, ECHR and Protocols thereto with regard to ECtHR case law or with the international treaties of Ukraine ratified by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Status of implementation of the Ombudsman’s recommendations suggested to Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in 2013 On the basis of findings made during visits to custodial settings the staff of the NPM Department the Secretariat of the Ombudsman sent, in the year of 2013, 75 letters to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and 3 letters to MIA Regional Departments with appropriate recommendations as to elimination of the shortcomings discovered in the course of monitoring visits.

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