Serbia and reception of complaints, during last year, the research was conducted on the implementation of the Strategy for Social Inclusion of Roma at 20 local self-government units. Based on this research, the Special Report of the Protector of Citizens on the implementation. Of the Strategy for Social Inclusion of Roma with recommendations16 was prepared and published on 11th December, 2019 and after publication it was issued to competent bodies with the purpose of acting upon recommendations. Should the collected data be related to the findings of the previous Report of the Protector of Citizens on the implementation of the Strategy for Improvement of the Status f of Roma, the apparent but insufficient progress to which the measures of public policies contributed with regards to the improvement of the status of the Roma is noticeable. RIGHTS OF PERSONS DEPRIVED OF LIBERTY During the reporting period in the Republic of Serbia the tendency of the promotion of the protection of rights of persons deprived of liberty is continued as well as of the application of police authorizations as well as prevention of torture and other forms of abuse, through the alteration of the existing legal framework, by strengthening of professional and human resource capacities, increase of accommodation capacities, etc. Even though in the Republic of Serbia there is no torture as an organized phenomenon incited by public authorities, there still are individual cases of torture or abuse present. The Protector of Citizens in two control procedures initiated upon complaints of persons deprived of liberty in 2019 confirmed that actions of the controlled administrative authority resulted in the violation of the rights of the complainant who submitted the complaint about the sanctity of physical and mental integrity. During the reporting year the amendments to the Criminal Code were adopted but there was the failure to adjust the provisions of the Criminal Code to the definition of torture from Article 1 of the UN Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment., despite the fact that the Protector of Citizens indicated to this need for several years. The complaints of persons in custody, just like in previous reporting periods referred to the custody duration, violation of rights to trial in a reasonable deadline and to the violation of the right to righteous trial as well as to the violation of the right to health care while the complaints of the convicted located at the institutes for the execution of criminal sanctions referred predominantly to the dissatisfaction with the provided health protection and treatment work. Among persons deprived of liberty the most endangered ones are still the ones deprived of liberty in psychiatric institutions and residential care institutions. The inconvenient position of persons deprived of liberty at psychiatric institutions and residential care institutions, inter alia, is the consequence of the existence of the shortcomings in normative framework which regulates this field. Furthermore, what is noticeable is the lack of personnel for the work with beneficiaries alongside still unsatisfactory accommodation conditions at certain institutions. 16 Available at: https://pravamanjina.rs/attachments/article/705/Poseban%20izvestaj.pdf. - 12 -