content 1. On some organizational issues of the National Preventive Mechanism in 2018. . . . . . . . . 7 2. Rights of convicts in correctional institutions of the Committee of the Penitentiary System of the MIA RoK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 3. The situation of persons detained in pre-trial detention centers under the Committee of the Penitentiary System of MIA of RoK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 4. The position of persons held in temporary detention facilities and other institutions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan. . . . . . . 97 5. The situation of persons held in institutions subordinated to the National Security Committee (NSC) of the Republic of Kazakhstan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 6. The situation of persons detained in facilities subordinated to the Ministry of Defense of RoK. . . . . . 118 7. The situation of persons detained in the institutions subordinated to the Ministry of Health of RoK . . . . . . . 122 8. The situation with minors in institutions subordinated to the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Conclusion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182