(g) Transnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova i) In addition to the introduction and implementation of legal safeguards, such as inter alia the reduction of the length of police custody to a maximum of 48 hours and the medical examination of newly arrived detainees in places of detention, establish independent monitoring of places of detention; ii) Criminalize torture and abolish the death penalty de-jure. iii) Stop immediately the practice of solitary confinement for persons sentenced to death and to life imprisonment. be individualized, new treatments developed, and modern drugs purchased once the necessary funds were made available; Within the health facilities, children are treated with the last generation of psychotropic substances calculated in line with international standards by bodyweight. The therapeutic indications are prescribed in accordance with treatment standards and are coordinated with professors of the department of psychiatry, narcology and psychology. Currently, the focus in pedo-psychiatry is based on the use of psychotherapy, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and physical exercises. Conditions in custody of the militia headquarters in Tiraspol were in violation of minimum international standards (overcrowded cells with few sleeping facilities, almost no daylight and ventilation, 24 hours artificial light, restricted access to food and very poor sanitary facilities); A “Human Rights Commissioner” had been instituted, but does not undertake monitoring visits to places of detention. Most of the Special Rapporteur’s interlocutors expressed distrust in this institution; Government: The existence of a secessionist regime in the Eastern part of the Republic of Moldova created serious difficulties to the implementation of commitments resulting from relevant international conventions on human rights protection and other international treaties to which Moldova is party throughout the country. Moldovan authorities do not have access and are unable to effectively exercise constitutional prerogatives in the region, because of parallel structures that have usurped local power in this part of the country. The state of affairs concerning torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment and punishment applied to individuals remains unknown. The Moldovan Government periodically raises awareness of international organizations on cases of violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms by the separatist regime in Tiraspol, aiming at determining it to comply with the rigors of international standards in this matter. Whereas the Transnistrian “Criminal Code” did not contain the definition of torture required by the Convention against Torture, it criminalized “istyazanie” (torment), to be punished with up to 3 years imprisonment and stated that it can be combined with “torture”, to be punished with up to 7 years imprisonment; 163 Legislation in force required solitary confinement for persons sentenced to A/HRC/13/39/Add.6 Although abolitionist in practice, the death penalty was still provided for by the “legislation” of the Transnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova;