C. COOPERATION WITH NATIONAL STAKEHOLDERS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS Cooperation with the Police In the exercise of its mandate, the NPM closely cooperates with all the Departments of the Police and, in particular, with the Office for Human Rights, as well as with local Police Stations to provide views and guidelines on complex issues related to the respect of human integrity of people in detention. The Commissioner for Administration was invited as NPM to submit her views and positions on the building of the new Police Department in Famagusta. In this context, the Commissioner has made her remarks to the Committee for the Protection of the Mentally Retarded Persons (L. 117/89) on the buildings requirements that should comply with international standards on respect for the rights of detainees. Special reference was also made to the need to ensure proper working conditions for the members of the Police, as well as to the rights of persons with disabilities who might, in the future, be detained in the said place. On the basis of the Commissioner’s remarks, the Police convened an extended meeting, held on 6 June 2017, to discuss the recommendations and practical measures for their implementation, both with regard to the Police Department building in Famagusta and the new Police Department building in Morfou. It was with great satisfaction that the Commissioner welcomed the measures taken to fully comply with her recommendations on both these new buildings. Within the framework of cooperation with the local Police Stations, and upon a relevant invitation by the Police, a visit was also conducted by Officers of the Officer of the Commissioner to the Police Station of Kofinou 34

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