The National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia
• Commission for Control over Execution of Penal Sanctions,
• Committee for Judiciary and Administration of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia,
Serbia's Supreme Court,
The National Public Prosecutorial Office,
The High Judicial Council,
The State Council of Prosecutors
as well as all the staff therein,
establish cooperation stipulated by the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, which provides the
National Mechanism for Prevention of Torture with:
• unhindered, unannounced and daily access to all institutions where persons deprived of
liberty are placed, i.e. to all premises and installations,
• having conversation in private with all persons deprived of liberty and all employees,
• access to all data on the number of people deprived of liberty, the institutions where these
persons are placed, their location, treatment and placement facilities,
• implementation of the recommendations issued by the National Mechanism for Prevention
of Torture in accordance with its mandate,
• timely and efficient exchange of relevant information.
Establishment of full cooperation of all state bodies with the National Mechanism for
Prevention of Torture is a prerequisite for its efficient work aiming at prevention of torture and
other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in the Republic of Serbia.
IV
The National Mechanism for Prevention of Torture is encouraged to deliver the reports on its
visits to places of detention together with recommendations regularly and within reasonable
time-frame to institutions in charge of implementing the recommendations.
V
The National Mechanism for Prevention of Torture is encouraged to, whenever necessary, in
accordance with its powers, inform the public of its work, whereby it will contribute to
transparency of its work and transparency of the work of institutions where persons deprived
of liberty are or can be placed.
The National Mechanism for Prevention of Torture is encouraged to submit regular annual
reports to the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, describing its activities, findings and
recommendations, irrespective of the Ombudsman's regular annual report.
Regarding this, the Directorate for Human and Minority Rights will inform the following of this
round-table conclusions:
• The United Nations' Committee Against Torture,
• The United Nations' Subcommittee for Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or
Degrading Treatment or Punishment,
• The United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on Torture,
• The European Committee for Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment,
• The Council of Europe's Network of National Mechanisms for Prevention of Torture,
• The Association for Prevention of Torture.
The Directorate for Human and Minority Rights will deliver the Conclusions and edited text of
the Law on Ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other
Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment to:
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