Report of the Commissioner for Human Rights on the activities of the National Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture in Poland in 2017 Information about detention At the request of the detainee, police officers inform third parties, that he/she designates, about the fact of his/her arrest or transfer to a different place of detention. Promptly after arrest and after each transfer from one place of detention or imprisonment to another, a detained or imprisoned person shall be entitled to notify or to require the competent authority to notify members of his family or other appropriate persons of his choice of his arrest, detention or imprisonment or of the transfer and of the place where he is kept in custody(Resolution of the General Assembly of the UN)100 The NMPT: in the first place detainees should be allowed to exercise their right to inform individuals of their choice about their place of detention or imprisonment and only in special situations should that right be exercised by police officers acting on their behalf. 100 Set of rules aimed at protecting all persons under any form of detention or imprisonment - Resolution of the General Assembly of the UN 48