CONTENTS 1. On some organizational issues of the National Preventive Mechanism in 2017.............................. 7 2. Rights of convicts in correctional institutions of the Committee of the Criminal Execution System (CCES) under the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Kazakhstan (MoI RK)..............................15 3. The situation of persons detained in remand centres of the Committee of the Criminal Execution System (CCES) under the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Kazakhstan (MoI RK)..........................................31 4. The situation of persons held in temporary detention facilities and other institutions of the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Kazakhstan (MoI RK)..........67 5. The situation of persons held in institutions subordinated to the National Security Committee (NSC) of the Republic of Kazakhstan..............83 6. The situation of persons held in institutions under the Ministry of Defence..............................................89 7. The situation of persons detained in the institutions subordinated to the Ministry of Health............................ 115 8. Situation of minors held in institutions subordinated to the ministries of Education and Science, Interior, Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan............... 131 Conclusion................................................................................... 171