E/CN.4/2006/6/Add.2 page 52 jours. L'Avocat du Peuple peut saisir le Gouvernement pour tout acte ou fait administratif illégal émanant de l'administration publique centrale et des préfets. Le Parlement est averti, dans un délai de 20 jours maximum, si le Gouvernement ne prend pas les mesures nécessaires concernant l'illégalité des actes ou des faits administratifs. Par ailleurs, la direction des pénitenciers, des centres de rééducation pour mineurs, des hôpitaux pénitentiaires de même que le Ministère Publique et les organes de police sont obligés de permettre, sans aucune restriction, aux personnes purgeant la peine de prison où se trouvent arrêtés ou détenus, ainsi qu'aux mineurs se trouvant dans les centres de rééducation, de s'adresser par tout moyen à l'Avocat du peuple en ce qui concerne la lésion de leurs droits et libertés, à l'exception des restrictions légales. Dans le cas où l'Avocat du peuple constaterait que la demande pour laquelle il a été saisi est de la compétence de l'autorité juridictionnelle, il peut s'adresser au Ministre de la Justice, au Ministère Public ou au Président de l'instance de jugement, qui sont obligés de lui communiquer les mesures prises. Russian Federation Follow-up to the recommendations made by the Special Rapporteur in the report of his visit to the Russian Federation in 1994 (E/CN.4/1995/34/Add.1, paras. 77-86). 249. By letter dated 17 October 2005, the Government provided information on the follow-up measures taken. 250. Recommendation (a) stated: The Special Rapporteur believes that only by adopting at once the following recommendation can the Government of the Russian Federation begin to discharge the responsibility of the Russian State to those within its jurisdiction under its own law and under international law to prevent torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. He, therefore, appeals to the Government of the Russian Federation to remove from confinement in centres of detention on remand (isolators) all 71,000 detained in excess of the officially proclaimed capacity of existing institutions. 251. According to information received from NGOs, the Russian authorities failed to comply with the Special Rapporteur’s recommendation on immediate release of the 71,000 detained in excess of capacity of existing remand prisons. However, as of today, the Russian Federation has implemented a number of programmes aimed at reducing the number of individuals held in pretrial detention facilities (SIZO). The development and adoption of such measures have been greatly facilitated by the active position of the Head Department of the Penitentiary (GUIN), which in 1996 was transferred from the Ministry of Interior (MVD) to the Ministry of Justice. NGOs also stress the need for measures to reform temporary holding facilities (IVS), which have to be distinguished from SIZOs. Whereas the latter are under the authority of the Ministry of Justice, the former are under the Ministry of Interior. The Government replies (e.g. E/CN.4/2005/62/Add.2) cover only the situation in SIZOs. IVSs are closed institutions where people detained at the scene of the crime or suspects may be held. According to the Russian legislation, minors can be placed in such centres as well. There are separate IVSs for minors and adults, woman and men. As a rule, there are no exercise facilities in such institutions. IVSs are not equipped with kitchen facilities or showers. Persons held in IVSs do not receive bed sheets. The period of detention in such institutions may in principle not exceed three days, but can be extended to 10, and in exceptional cases to 30 days. A person held in an IVS is either released or