SECTION 1.
Implemenation of the NMP in ukraine
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Other authority of the NPM as per Article 19-1 of the Law “On the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights” includes such rights
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to undertake regular visits of the settings indicated in Article 13.8 of this
Law, without prior notification about the time and purpose of such visits
and without any limitation of the number of visits;
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to interview individuals held in the settings indicated in Article 13.8 of
this Law, in order to receive information about their treatment and holding conditions, and to interview other persons capable of providing such
information;
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to submit proposals regarding prevention of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment to bodies of state power,
public authorities, enterprises, institutions and organizations, irrespective
of the form of their ownership and including those indicated in Article
13.8 of this Law;
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to involve domestic and foreign representatives of civic organizations, experts, researchers and specialists in the regular visits of the settings indicated in Article 13.8 of this Law, under relevant contracts (with or without
remuneration);
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to exercise other powers stipulated in this Law.
In view of the diversity and distinctness of custodial settings the NPM Department was structured according to the principle of specialization (Drawing 1.2).
The Department consists of three administrations and six sections, with a total of
36 personnel. Each unit performs autonomously, according to its own work plan,
watches over specific ministries or agencies and, accordingly, monitors a clearly
defined circle of custodial settings. In our view, such organization enables substantial increase of the general efficiency of custodial settings monitoring: firstly, such monitoring is conducted simultaneously by six different units, of which
each, secondly, is composed of experts thoroughly aware of the particularities
of operation of this or that custodial setting. Indeed, it is hard to compare the
specifics of functioning of a remand prison with that of an orphanage facility, or
a neuropsychiatric residence with a temporary holding area for foreigners and
stateless individuals.
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