– 2 SPs (Zhulyany unit of Kyiv separate checkpoint and Lviv-airport unit of Lviv border control unit); 2 PCPDE (transit zones of Kyiv and Lviv airports). Typical violations identified during monitoring visits There were no violations of the rights of detained persons that may constitute torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment found in 2014. Following confidential communication with detainees, interviews with the staff and security guards of facilities, inspection of the state of functioning of facilities and examination of premises, a number of shortcomings that may lead to ill-treatment were identified, in particular:  The current procedure does not guarantee free access of detainees to information on their rights and other useful information that would help adapting to new conditions, as well as provision of information in a language understandable to them immediately after 56 apprehension );  Units of Zhulyany border unit of Kyiv checkpoint (Kyiv international Airport) and Lviv-airport unit of Lviv border control unit (Lviv International Airport) have no actual or formal medical staff;  According to paragraph 3.2. of internal regulations at the SP of Zhulyany unit of Kyiv checkpoint, only persons held at the facility for over three days have the right to a walk with duration of 1 hours;  Rooms for detainees have no desks or tables despite regulations of the border agency (Zhulyany unit of Kyiv checkpoint, Lviv-airport unit of Lviv border control unit). 56 At Zhulyany border unit of Kyiv checkpoint and Lviv-airport unit of Lviv border control unit useful information (on the management of border guard agencies, contact phone numbers of the court, prosecution authorities, legal aid providers etc.) is available in Ukrainian language only on the board at the special premises hall. The internal regulations, daily schedule for persons detained at the SP in Ukrainian, Russian, and English languages are available on the same information board. Translations are either absent or incorrect. 142

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