118 MONITORING OF CUSTODIAL SETTINGS IN UKRAINE: According to the official SCAU data, the recommendations were to a larger extent implemented by the leadership of the Appeal Court of Region. At the same time we note the failure to eliminate any of the shortcomings identified during visits to Holosiyivsky and Svyatoshynsky District Courts in Kyiv, Leninsky District Court of Mykolayiv, Zhovtnevy District Court of Mykolayiv Region, Kovpakivsky District Court in Soumy, Vinnytsa City Court and Vinnytsya District Court of Vinnytsa Region. Results of implementation of recommendations include the following: • amendments to inter-agency Order of SCAU and MIA of Ukraine on free access of NPM monitoring groups to the premises of courts; • SCAU territorial administrations and courts’ management inspected the premises for defendants/ convicts in the courthouses and developed ​recommendations’ plans for implementation; • significant part of visited courts received germicidal lamps for daily disinfection of indoor air in the premises for defendants/ convicts and their convoys and in the courtrooms; • SCAU developed and submitted for approval to the Ministry of Regional Development, Construction and Utilities a draft regulation on amendments in the building rules DBN2010 (for courts) as to the technical requirements to transparent barriers in courtrooms, for replacement of metal constructions. Additional information: according to SCAU data as of January 1, 2014 glass barriers were installed in 14 appellate courts (or 52 % of the total number of appellate courts ) and in 92 local courts (which is only 12 % of their total number). • SCAU examined and agreed the draft of the Instruction on convoying and holding of criminal defendants and convicts in courts, earlier developed by MIA; • SCAU drafted the Procedure for interaction of courts of general justice and remand prisons and penitentiary institutions of the State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine regarding conduct of procedural actions during criminal proceedings in the videoconferencing mode. Recommendations that were not carried out had to do with discontinuation of operation, in full or in part, of the premises for defendants/ convicts in four visited courts, because of improper conditions of detention. In the opinion of the Ombudsman, holding of an individual in such conditions significantly harms human health and therefore may be classified as cruel treatment. (Only one such facility – in Mena District Court of Chernihiv Region – was actually closed but similar premises at Holosiyivsky District Court of Kyiv and Appeal Court of Kherson Region are still in use. There is no information about current use of such premises in Primorsky District Court of Odessa). At the same time and in order to establish an effective dialogue with relevant authorities NPM established a working relationship with a number of subdivisions and officials of SCAU. In the framework of such coordination two jointly held meetings addressed the current status of implementation of the recommendations of NPM Department and implementation of other measures aimed at prevention of ill-treatment of criminal defendants. In order to ensure proper protection of