E/CN.4/2001/66/Add.1 page 32 Notes 1 Called in Russian “investigation isolator” (sledstvenniy izolator) and commonly known by its Russian acronym, SIzo. 2 Gorodskoye otdeleniye politsii. 3 Article 177 of the Criminal Code states: “compelling to give testimony by means of application of threats or other illegal actions on the part of a person conducting an inquiry or preliminary investigation shall be punished by deprivation of freedom for a term not exceeding three years. The same actions combined with the application of force or with humiliation of the person interrogated shall be punished by deprivation of freedom for a term of three to eight years.” 4 “Article 126 - Intentional infliction of gross injury to health “126.1. Intentional infliction of injury to health, i.e. infliction of injury dangerous for human life, or leading to loss of any organ or its function; derangement or any other impairment of health; long-term loss of earning capacity ... or to the loss of pregnancy; to a person’s addiction to drugs, or irretrievable disfigurement of face shall be sentenced to deprivation of liberty for the term of 3 to 8 years. “126.2. The same acts, if committed “162.2.1. against two or more individuals; as well as repeated or committed by a group of individuals, an organized group or a criminal organization; “162.2.2. against individual or his/her relatives in connection with the carrying out of his/her official or public duties; “162.2.3. with special brutality, with gross torture or by order, as well as committed against an obviously helpless individual; “162.2.4. by generally dangerous means, with intention to harm; “162.2.5. with a view to using the organs or semen of the individual − shall be sentenced to deprivation of liberty for the term of 6 to 11 years.” 5 “Article 127 - Intentional infliction of lesser injury to health “127.1. Intentional infliction of lesser injury to health, but not dangerous for human life, and not leading to the consequences mentioned in article 126