CAT/OP/UKR/1 lawyer. Finally, medical assistance should be guaranteed and accessible to all persons detained upon their request.23 2. Registers 49. Registers were generally well-maintained throughout the different types of institutions visited. However, the SPT noted some important cases of inaccuracies and omissions with regard to the registration of entry and exit of detainees or inmates. In addition, as mentioned in the preliminary observations, the SPT noted that there was a distinctive paucity in the number of entries of persons since the beginning of 2011 in the police stations visited. Finally, the SPT noted that the format for different types of registers throughout the country was similar but not identical, and that the registry system would benefit from modernisation. 50. The SPT reminds the State party that the maintenance of complete and reliable records of persons deprived of their liberty is one of the fundamental safeguards against torture or ill-treatment, and is an essential condition for the effective exercise of due process guarantees, such as the right to challenge the legality of detention (habeas corpus), and the right of the detainee to be brought before a judge promptly. 51. The SPT recommends that electronic registers be progressively established throughout the country, and that registers be harmonised. All persons deprived of their liberty should be promptly registered in a standardised and unified system. 52. The SPT recommends that registers at police and ITT facilities record for each detainee information concerning: (1) exact date and time of apprehension; (2) exact time of arrival at the facility; (3) reasons for the arrest; (4) authority ordering the arrest; (5) identity of the arresting officer/s; (6) date, time and reasons for transfer/s or release; (7) precise information about where the person was held during the whole period of detention (e.g. cell number); (8) date, time and identity of the person notified of the detention, including the signature of the officer who proceeded to this notification; (9) date and time of a family visit; (10) date and time of request and/or meeting with a lawyer; (11) date and time of request and/or visit of a health professional; and (12) date and time of the detained person’s first appearance before a judicial or other authority.24 If necessary, this information should be made available to the detainee’s lawyer.25 Police officers should be properly trained in the maintenance of registers, and should enter the information upon arrival of the detainee. The SPT also recommends that the inventory of personal belongings, including money, be registered, signed by both officer and detainee at the time of arrival, and again when the personal belongings are handed back to the detainee or his/her representative on leaving the police facility. 3. Complaints mechanisms 53. Persons deprived of their liberty were only vaguely aware of the possibility of submitting a complaint, and would generally not complain either because they did not believe it would lead to any positive or useful outcome, or that it would lead to reprisals 23 24 25 10 Principle 24 of the Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment; and article 6 of the Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officials, General Assembly resolution 34/169. Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment, Principle 12. See Principles 12 and 26 of the Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment.