CONSOLIDATED REPORT absence of windows or their small size) and for elimination of the noted issues reported by the NPM members at each visit. Nevertheless, the issues of these temporary detention centers are well known, especially by the supervisory authorities. Preventive visits to such institutions make it impossible to predict the possibility of bringing these temporary detention centers to the minimum standards in the next 2-3 years, or even in the next decade. Up to 50% of the visited temporary detention centers have repeated comments and recommendations on provision of natural (day) light in the TDC cells, which, at a minimum, should not lead to damage to the health (vision) of the detained, and in some the cells it is enough to remove the grids or to bring them into compliance with the required standards. It should also be noted that in a number of institutions it was possible to take some measures in the regard to the recommendations of the past 2018. 101 However, as in previous years, by conducting their visits to the temporary detention center, the NPM members address systematic unsolved issues related to detention facilities, but remaining outside the scope of attention of the supervisory authorities. As an example: in accordance with Paragraph 2 of Rule 73 of the Mandela Rules for “Transportation of prisoners in conditions of insufficient ventilation or lighting or in any other physically unnecessarily harsh conditions shall be prohibited”. The conditions of transportation of people in a paddy wagon in a metal closed unventilated compartments, with an area of ​​ 0.4 square meters per person constitute violations of the constitutional right of prisoners to be free from torture and other cruel or degrading treatment, as well as to Article 7 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the United Nations Convention against Torture ratified by Kazakhstan.

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