Regarding the cleaning of the Detention Area for Prohibited Immigrants in Menoyia, the Commissioner was invited in 2018 by the Police to express her views on the recommendation made by the Auditor General of the Republic of Cyprus that the cleaning of the area be made by the detainees in exchange for a small remuneration within an employment programme instead of the purchase of services as is currently the case. In response to such recommendation, the Commissioner, in her capacity as the NPM, said that such a possibility should be ruled out, as it raises serious issues of compatibility with the international principles for the treatment of detainees and may lead to a violation of fundamental rights, a position with which the Police agreed and the recommendation was thus not implemented. In 2018 and 2019, the Commissioner was invited to contribute in drawing up the standards/requirements for the construction of detention centres specially designed for people in need of compulsory care, violent/dangerous detainees or detainees with suicidal thoughts in order to comply with the international and European standards. The Commissioner, taking into account the proactive role she is called upon to play regarding possible violations of human dignity, on one hand, and her discretionary duty to make recommendations to the competent authorities, on the other, provided her comments on the matter, which are summarised as follows: 1. The creation of special detention centres-cells seeks to respond to the needs of three different categories of detainees: detainees awaiting completion of their assessment for a possible Court Order on their compulsory admission (under the Compulsory Admission Law), 30

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