MONITORING OF CUSTODIAL SETTINGS IN UKRAINE 70 Photo: the exercise yard at the special reception center for persons under administrative arrest, MIA Department in Volhynia Region – absence of visiting areas, as a result of which the persons held at the facilities could not be visited by their relatives. Moreover, special reception centers for persons under administrative arrest operate on the basis of the Regulation on such centers, No. 552, approved by MIA Order of September 18, 1992. This order, in contravention of the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministries of Ukraine No. 731, of December 28, 1992, “On Approval of the Provisions on State Registration of the Regulations of Ministries and Other Bodies of State Power”, was not harmonized with the Constitution and laws of Ukraine, European Convention for the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms of 1950 and Protocols thereto ratified by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, the acquis communautaire or the case law of the European Court of Human Rights. Some of the identified shortcomings are specific to special holding facilities (ITTs) and rooms for apprehended and detained persons at police duty units: – individuals placed into ITTs and rooms for apprehended and detained persons at duty units are not made aware of their rights and obligations; – detainees’ relatives are not notified about the place of holding.