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release mentoring system is in place, the Subcommittee was informed that on many occasions
it is formalistic and cannot provide sufficient support services upon release. Given that many
juveniles who end up in the correctional educational establishments were previously placed
in State care institutions, they often have no place to which they can return. Therefore, they
are committed to stay in the establishment after serving their sentence. Another major
challenge is ensuring employment to the juveniles upon their release.
135. The Subcommittee recommends that the State party ensure community-based
support and follow-up for released juveniles, including incentives encouraging
employers to employ such juveniles upon their release from the correctional educational
establishments in order to facilitate further their reintegration into society.
136. In general, the Subcommittee recommends that the State party invest more in
community-based support and follow-up for juveniles to facilitate their reintegration
into society.
V. Next steps
137. The Subcommittee requests that the State party submit a reply to the present
report within six months from the date of its transmission to the Permanent Mission.
The reply should respond directly to all recommendations and requests for further
information made in the report, giving a full account of action already taken or action that is
planned (including timescales), in order to implement them. The reply should include details
concerning the implementation of institution-specific recommendations as well as more
general policy and practice, and it should conform to the guidelines concerning
documentation to be submitted to United Nations human rights treaty bodies established by
the General Assembly.
138. Article 15 of the Optional Protocol prohibits any form of sanction or reprisal, from
any source, against anyone who has been, or who has sought to be, in contact with the
Subcommittee. The Subcommittee reminds Poland of its obligation to ensure that no
such sanctions or reprisals take place and requests that in its reply, it provide detailed
information concerning the steps it has taken to ensure that this obligation is fulfilled.
139. The Subcommittee recalls that the prevention of torture is a continuing and wideranging obligation. It therefore requests that it be informed of any legislative, regulatory,
policy or other relevant developments relating to both the treatment of persons
deprived of their liberty and regarding the work of the national preventive mechanism,
in order to enable the Subcommittee to continue to assist Poland in fulfilling its
obligations under the Optional Protocol.
140. The Subcommittee considers both its visit and the present report to form part of an
ongoing process of dialogue. The Subcommittee looks forward to assisting Poland in
fulfilling its obligations under the Optional Protocol by providing further advice and technical
assistance, in order to achieve their common goal of preventing torture and ill-treatment in
places of deprivation of liberty. The Subcommittee believes that the most efficient and
effective way of developing this dialogue would be for it to meet with the national authorities
responsible for the implementation of the Subcommittee’s recommendations within six
months of its receiving the reply to the present report. The Subcommittee recommends that,
in accordance with article 11 of the Optional Protocol, a dialogue between the
Subcommittee and the national authorities focused on providing advice and assistance
concerning the implementation of the Subcommittee’s recommendations be held within
six months of the receipt of the reply to the present report. The Subcommittee further
recommends that Poland initiate discussions with it on the arrangements for such a
dialogue at the time of the submission of its reply to this report.20
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Poland is encouraged to consider approaching the treaty body capacity-building programme of the
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (hrimplementation@ohchr.org)
for assistance in facilitating the dialogue.
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