a. The right of a suspected and a accused person placed in a TDF to be informed in writing of their rights and obligations The monitoring has revealed that none of the country’s IAB TDFs inform detainees of their rights in writing in defiance of the international standards. Posting of the list of the rights and obligations of suspected and accused persons in each cell of IAB TDFs could be one of the ways to comply with this standard. However, the monitoring revealed that none of IAB TDFs use this opportunity. b. The right of a suspected or an accused person placed in an IAB TDF to make himself aware of the content of the Internal Regulations, including the regulations governing the treatment of prisoners and the disciplinary requirements of the institution Only 70 (36.3%) respondents said they were familiar with the content of the Internal Regulations, including the regulations governing the treatment of prisoners and the disciplinary requirements of the institution. The rest 123 (63.7%) detainees interviewed said that no one from the TDF staff had ever informed them of that, and that most of them had learned about the Internal Regulations from their cellmates. None of the respondents, when brought to a TDF, was informed by the personnel in which cases and what conduct would represent breach of the regulations governing the detention at the TDF, and what sanctions would be imposed in that case. Example: From the interview with a detainee: “I don’t know anything about my rights. No one explains them here. As for the TDF Regulations, I have learned about them from my cellmates.”20 Diagram 5. The right of suspected and accused persons place in an IAB TDF to make themselves aware of the content of the Internal Regulations, including the regulations governing the detention, and the disciplinary requirements. 70% 63,70% 60% 50% 40% Detainees informed 36,30% Detainees not informed 30% 20% 10% 0% c. The right of a suspected and an accused person held in a TDF to be informed of the procedure to make suggestions, statements or complaints None of the 193 respondents appeared to be informed by TDF personnel of their right to make suggestions, statements and complaints. Lack of awareness of this right and lack of knowledge about the existing mechanisms and procedures of making a statement or complaint makes it practically impossible to appeal against any acts/omissions of the personnel of the institution, legality and reasonableness of sanctions imposed on the detainee, as well as any other issues pertaining to the detention conditions at the TDF. Information stand. 20 Monitoring Report No. 1/6-7/З/1.1. 22