A/HRC/13/39/Add.6 98 police stations to verify the legality of the detention of all persons held, as well as their treatment and conditions of detention. Disciplinary and criminal charges should be preferred in respect of any abuses; cells to see the detainees’ state of health, however, in practice, senior police officers did not fulfil their supervisory duties and rarely took disciplinary action; Despite constitutional provisions, individuals were frequently detained for extended periods without being brought before a magistrate; Mass arrests often took place at the end of the month when people had received their salary, allegedly to extract bribes; c) A body such as the Standing Committee on Human Rights should be endowed with the authority and resources to inspect at will, as necessary and without notice, any place of deprivation of liberty, whether officially recognized or suspected, to publicize its findings regularly and to submit evidence of criminal behaviour to the relevant prosecutorial body and the administrative superiors of the public authority whose acts are The Standing Committee of Human Rights, established in May 1996 under executive authority, was mandated inter alia to investigate alleged human rights violations, to visit any place of detention under the authority of the Government and make recommendations to improve the conditions of detention, and to receive complaints. The Committee was also provided with the power to prosecute the person suspected of having committed a human rights violation, suggest other The High Court upheld the power of the KNCHR, established in 2002 to replace the former Standing Committee on Human Rights, to visit detention facilities and the Government had issued strict instructions to prison officers to grant such requests. The KNCHR, carried out several visits to penal institutions, but was denied access to police stations. While it was mandated to carry out investigations into human rights violations, the KNCHR had to refer cases to the authorities for investigation due to lack of resources. Non-governmental sources: On numerous occasions the KNCHR has been publicly denied access to places of detention.