iii) Judges, prosecutors and medical personnel should routinely ask persons arriving from police custody how they have been treated; that judges, prosecutors and other actors in the criminal law cycle routinely ignored allegations of torture; The burden of proof was on the victim; iv) Consider video and audio taping interrogations; No tape or video recording during interrogations; v) Regularly and following each transfer of a detainee undertake medical examinations; Paramedics were present in detention facilities of the police and the penitentiary system during working hours on weekdays, but the rules did not spell out when medical examinations should take place; vi) Bring the legal safeguards for administrative detainees in line with international standards (limit to 48 hours, access to a lawyer etc.); vii) Ensure that the sound legal basis of the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) translates in its effective functioning in practice, including through allocation of budgetary and human resources. Amendments to the Law on Parliamentary Advocates adopted had led to the establishment of an independent “Consultative Council”, which has been designated as National Preventive Mechanism (NPM); complaints about insufficient resources. custody for up to one year. Lawyers often do not have access to their clients. The legal assistance provided to torture victims does not comply with international standards. Government: In order to develop collaboration between the representatives of the healthcare and internal affairs authorities, the Order of the Ministry of Health and MIA no. 372/388 of 3 November 2009 was issued. According to its provisions, the healthcare facility managers shall inform immediately the police authorities regarding the healthcare assistance granted to persons with injuries acquired as a result of an offence, traffic accident or sudden death. In cases when injuries derive from illegal actions of law enforcement authorities, the health care facility managers shall inform immediately the territorial or specialized prosecutor office. Concerning the medical certification of detainees who claim physical injuries, all the cases referring to the incidents from the penitentiary institutions, including cases of detecting physical injuries, are compulsorily to be sent to the Prosecutor’s Office and to the Ombudsmen. The Medical Service examines the detainees on their arrival to the penitentiary in view of proving the presence of any physical injuries or other signs of violence, in accordance with article 251 (3) of the Enforcement Code and article 25 of the Statute on the Execution of Sentences by Convicts. The administration of the institution is obliged to inform, in writing and in the shortest time possible, the Penitentiary Institutions Department, the territorial Prosecutor’s Office and the Human Rights Centre about the physical injuries of detainees arriving in the penitentiary. The notes received by the Penitentiary Institutions Department and delivered to the Medical Division are included in a special database. From the beginning of 2009, 13 cases of physical injuries have been registered, of which 2 cases were reported by the MIA. Police officers are obliged to supervise the work of the paramedics during the medical examination of the detainees of the temporary detention facilities (isolators), issuing two copies of medical records. These activities and organizational practices confirm where the person was detained, and that the detained person was not tortured or A/HRC/13/39/Add.6 154 duress;