The main provisions of the Ratifying Law concerning the Commissioner for Administration and Protection of Human Rights are the following: - The Commissioner is designated as the national visiting body as laid down in the Optional Protocol and shall act in accordance with article 3 of the Protocol. - In order to fulfil her mandate, the Commissioner shall be authorised to undertake regular visits to places of detention in order to carry out inspections and ensure compliance with the provisions of the Convention. - During these visits, the Commissioner shall be granted unrestricted access to all the premises of places of detention and shall be entitled to have private interviews with any person the Commissioner deems appropriate. The state competent authorities are obliged to provide the Commissioner with all the information set out in the Protocol. - After each visit, the Commissioner shall draw up a report with her findings, recommendations and any other advice. Then, each authority in charge of the place of detention is obliged to submit a report on the measures taken on the basis of the Commissioner's report or recommendations. - The Commissioner shall make recommendations for improving the current legislation and express her views to the House of Representatives on relevant proposed legislations under consideration. - The Commissioner is required to inform the Attorney General of the Republic of Cyprus and/or the Independent Authority for the Investigation of Allegations and Complaints against the Police of any incidents of human rights violations reported by detainees. 5