governmental agency and region, taking into account the situation in the ATO zone. To increase the level of human rights protection within the Ministry of Interior of Ukraine, the PCU supported printing and dissemination of information on detainees’ rights, which were affixed on doors of cells to inform detainees of their rights, as well as of the brochure “Rights of the Detainees in Detention: Booklet” that was later disseminated to all 430 Ministry of Interior temporary detention facilities. On 13-14 November, the Fifth East European Conference on National Preventive Mechanisms took place in Lviv. This two-day event looked at challenges and practical aspects of the implementation of the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture in Eastern Europe and in the OSCE region as a whole. The Conference was organized by the OSCE, PCU and the Ukrainian Parliamentary Commissioner for Human Rights. The conference gathered more than 50 delegates from Germany, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Poland, Switzerland, Ukraine and the UK. The representatives of governmental bodies of Ukraine, as well as civil activists engaged in monitoring visits to custodial settings, participated in the event. To facilitate investigation and judicial prosecution of torture and ill-treatment, the PCU supported the development of the authoritative commentary on relevant provisions of the Criminal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure and other applicable legislative acts of Ukraine. Two eminent national experts were engaged for this purpose and supported by the PCU expert staff. To provide methodological and capacity building support to the Ombudsman Office in the field of civil society and parliamentary inquiries/investigations in cases of ill-treatment by law enforcement, the PCU engaged eminent experts to draft Rules of Procedure for Conducting Ombudsman’s Inquiries into Cases of Alleged Torture and Ill-treatment. Based on the concepts and principles embodied in the Rules of Procedure, a manual on conducting Ombudsman’s inquiries was developed to serve as detailed guidance on the inquiry procedure modalities and operation. The Rules of Procedure and the manual were presented during a two-day training on methods and procedures to organize and conduct inquiries into torture and ill-treatment under the Ombudsman inquiry competence, held on 29-30 August. The training gathered over 40 NGO activists and Ombudsman regional representatives involved in conducting Ombudsman’s inquiries. During the training, the participants improved their knowledge and skills in different aspect of the inquiry (interviewing victims of torture, analysing different sources of information, documenting tortures, using audio- and video-recording equipment, etc.). The PCU also supported ten pilot inquiries into cases of alleged torture and ill-treatment. The cases were selected on the basis of NPM monitoring results, mass media reports, analysis of complaints received by the Ombudsman and information received from NGOs. Priority was given to cases where victims represented vulnerable groups (ethnic and sexual minorities, minors, drug users, etc.) as well as to cases in the areas adjacent to the ATO zone. Each inquiry was conducted by a group comprised of two to four civil society inquirers as well as Ombudsman’s officers. Risk and Criminal Analysis at Borders During 2014, the PCU equipped 38 Risk Analysis and nine Criminal Analysis Units of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (SBGSU) with IT equipment and software. The PCU also trained 25 criminal analysts, trainers and the heads of criminal analysis units of the border guard’s regional directorates and administration at the following three trainings conducted at the National Academy of border guards in Khmelnytskyi: Advanced Operational 121