E/CN.4/2004/56/Add.3 page 51 be served in a penitentiary regime. Pursuant to the presidential decree of 22 August 2001 “on an amnesty in connection with the tenth anniversary of the proclamation of the independence of the Republic of Uzbekistan”, the part of the sentence not served was reduced by one third. 315. Ilkhomzhon Khakimzhon ogli Karimov was found guilty of murder, among other things, and sentenced by the Tashkent city court on 28 October 2002 to the death penalty. By a decision of the criminal division of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan of 18 February 2003, the judgements passed in respect of I. Karimov were amended and his sentence by the court to the death penalty was commuted to 20 years’ deprivation of liberty. Pursuant to article 6 of the presidential decree of 3 December 2002 “on an amnesty in connection with the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan”, the sentence was reduced by one fifth. 316. Recommendation (t) stated: The Government should give urgent consideration to closing Jaslyk colony which by its very location creates conditions of detention amounting to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment for both its inmates and their relatives. 317. Recommendation (u) stated: All competent government authorities should give immediate attention and respond to interim measures ordered by the Human Rights Committee and urgent appeals dispatched by United Nations monitoring mechanisms regarding persons whose life and physical integrity may be at risk of imminent and irreparable harm. 318. Recommendation (v) stated: The Government is invited to make the declaration provided for in article 22 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment recognizing the competence of the Committee against Torture to receive and consider communications from individuals who claim to be victims of a violation of the provisions of the Convention, as well as to ratifying the Optional Protocol to the Convention, whereby a body shall be set up to undertake regular visits to all places of detention in the country in order to prevent torture. It should also invite the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on human rights defenders as well as the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers to carry out visits to the country. 319. The Special Rapporteur appreciates information concerning the penitentiary system of Uzbekistan, in addition to the information provided on the follow-up to the recommendations. 320. The Government reported that the penitentiary system of Uzbekistan consists of 53 establishments, including 18 colonies/settlements, 11 pre-trial detention isolators, 1 jail and 23 closed-type colonies. Of the 23, 3 are colonies of a general regime, 12 of a strict regime and 1 of a special regime, 1 is a colony for women, 1 is for former court and law enforcement officials, 1 is a national hospital for convicts, 2 colonies serve as hospitals for outpatient treatment of convicts ill with tuberculosis and 2 are juvenile colonies. 321. With a view to improving conditions for convicts and detainees, the first block of the penitentiary in Jaslyk, Kungrad district, Karakalpakstan, has recently been constructed. Also, State authorities have finished the construction of a hostel for 400 people in a specialized colony