Rights Defender shall not be subject to censorship.
Immediately after receiving them, but not later than within
24 hours, the competent bodies or organizations shall
send them to the Defender.
2.2. The Complaint Mechanisms
2.2.1. The Republic of Armenia Penitentiary Code needs to
prescribe a clear procedure for complaining against the
actions or inaction of or decisions adopted by the PI
administration and other competent bodies, by setting the
deadlines, the requirements on complaints, and the
procedure of examining and resolving complaints, as well
as clarifying the scope of bodies that are authorized to
examine such complaints.
2.2.2. It is necessary to prescribe the maximum deadlines for
examining complaints, specifying deadlines for both
starting the examination of a complaint and adopting a
final decision as a result of such examination, with a view
to preventing unnecessary delays.
2.2.3. Furthermore, it is necessary to amend the legislation with
respect to judicial complaints by persons deprived of
liberty against the actions or inaction of or decisions
adopted by the PI administration or other competent
bodies, including the determination of their jurisdiction.
2.2.4. In connection with the foregoing, it is necessary to make
appropriate amendments to the Republic of Armenia
Criminal Procedure Code to prescribe clear rules and
procedures for judicial complaints against the actions or
inaction of or decisions adopted by the PI administration or
other competent bodies during sentence execution or
during pre-trial detention, as well as deadlines for
complaints by persons deprived of liberty, deadlines for the
examination of the matter by the court, the type of the
judicial act rendered and the respective time of entry into
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