CONSOLIDATED REPORT In this connection, it was not possible for the 6 NPM groups to assess to the full extent the observance of the right to freedom from torture. Prior to the date of NPM groups’ visit to the confinement facilities, it detained: 19 people. - 2 officers and 17 soldiers (July 4, 2017, Karaganda), 32 (as of November 23, 2017, the city of Karaganda), 31 (September 15, 2017, Astana), 23 administratively arrested servicemen (4 officers, 2 contract service volunteers, 17 – regular servicemen, June 9, 2017, Shymkent city). In 2016, 12 people were detained in the confinement facilities in Aktobe (2 officers, 4 contract soldiers, 6 soldiers, MoD - 5 people, internal military forces - 6 people, and NSC RK - 1 person). NPM groups in the cities of Taldykorgan, Semey and Almaty did not provide such information. Of the 17 people according to the staffing table of the confinement facilities in Semei at the time of the NPM 93 group’s visit – there were “3 vacancies - 2 people.” One of the servicemen of the confinement facilities is a woman (the staffing position was introduced about a year and a half ago), which is a positive practice. In Almaty there is a vacancy of 1 soldier (Escort Officer). The material support of the confinement facilities is carried out at the expense of the military units. According to paragraph 22 of the Rules of serving administrative arrest by military servicemen in confinement facilities of military police bodies, approved by Order No. 368 of the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated July 20, 2017, the standard of living space in the cell for 1 arrested person is at least 2.5 square meters, for women - 3 square meters. There are no remarks from NPM groups regarding the size of the area of the cells.