reporters also covered activities of the NPM and problems of human rights observance in places of detention on www.humanrights.org.ua Expert work Experts of Kharkiv Institute for Social Research in cooperation with the NPM Department developed a project of standard minimum rules for the treatment of persons in social places of detention. These standards will not only allow for recording of conditions of stay by monitors, but also for evaluation in accordance with generally accepted norms. These standards were subject to wide discussion among both public monitors and staff of the NPM Department of the Commissioner for Human Rights, as well as the staff of places of detention and representatives of state authorities responsible for oversight. These events were held with the comprehensive support of the UN Development Program in Ukraine and ISAR Ednannia. Experts of KhISR suggested a separate set of standards for the treatment of children in detention with the support of UNICEF. These are based, first of all, on numerous international norms, including binding conventions and recommendations. International experience was also taken into account, in particular criteria for assessment of treatment of children in detention facilities developed by the HM Inspectorate of Prisons (UK). In the UK, they constitute an open set of general criteria, subject to discussion and amendments, which need to be considered in the course of monitoring. In April 2014, representative of the “All-Ukrainian Network of PLWH” ACO joined the Expert council for realization of the national preventive mechanism (NPM) of the Commissioner for Human Rights. This allowed the NPM to receive expert support on fulfilment of the right to medical care for patients in places of detention. Methodological tools and other publications Following working meetings with NPM monitors in 2014, KhISR experts developed “A guide on organization of NPM visits and development of reports” that includes methodological recommendations on visiting places of detention, possible issues that the monitor can encounter during visits, as well as their solutions, and recommendations on interviews and development and approval of visit reports. In addition, the Catalogue of Social Places of Detention in Ukraine was updated and published due to KhISR efforts. The catalogue contains contact information for all places of detention under the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine, the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, and the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine. Following monitoring of the rights of the child in correctional facilities by KhISR experts with experts from the NPM Department, a Special NPM report “Observance of 36