attributed to their mentality inherited from the Soviet regime. A number of investigators of the prosecutor’s office had been dismissed for not having prevented these violations; MoI “Order on Additional Measures to Ensure Legality among the Personnel” created a personnel department in charge of training and other educational activities; right to confidential conversations with any of the detainees; A “Code of ethics of the employees of the bodies of internal affairs” was approved in April 2005; Temporary detention centres at the district police centres were modernized and new temporary detention centres constructed; The conditions in which detainees are held at territorial police units are regularly studied, and measures are taken to remove shortcomings; Non-governmental sources: civil society organizations have access to places of detention in some instances. However, their access is limited and at the discretion of the authorities; The Ministry of Justice recognized the need for an independent monitoring mechanism; ICRC had access to all places of detention; Prisons had opened up to public scrutiny, including access for NGOs, but no confidential interviews with detainees; (c) Magistrates and judges, like prosecutors, should always ask a person brought from police custody how they have been treated and be particularly attentive to their condition; Suspects were afraid to voice complaints. Members of the judiciary were therefore in a particularly important safeguarding role; The General Prosecutor’s Office was said to rarely investigate allegations of torture, and even less frequently to Government: during a judicial investigation all claims of the use of torture against persons being investigated are considered, evidence is gathered, and the court verifies the full observance of such persons' right to protection; in the event of a complaint of torture or maltreatment, the courts immediately call for a forensic examination; The Supreme Court adopted a decision that evidence obtained by unlawful means cannot form the basis of a judgment; this Supreme Court decision was transmitted to all courts and pre-trial investigation agencies for A/HRC/13/39/Add.6 6 behaviour and discipline of their agents, in particular with a view to eliminating practices of torture and ill-treatment; the activities of such procedures should not be dependent on the existence of a formal complaint. In addition, non-governmental organizations and other parts of civil society should be allowed to visit places of detention and to have confidential interviews with all persons deprived of their liberty;