the convict are notices, is implemented in compliance with the Istanbul Protocol112, that the noticed violations are photographed, described in details in the medical record and special report on confirmed violations which are issued to the doctor to the administrator, as well as that the doctor enters the allegations of the convict about the occurrence of injuries and present his/her opinion on the relations of the convict’s allegations and occurred injuries. In the context of the investigation of the allegations on the violation of citizen rights by illegal work of administrative authorities, especially of the investigation of allegations on any form of abuses, as well as with the aim of prevention of the violation of citizen rights, the Protector of Citizens in this reporting period too indicates that, pursuant to the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 113, it is necessary to legally prescribe the obligation of sound and visual recording: the use of means of coercion by police officers; the application of authorizations by which citizens are deprived of liberty, especially delivery, apprehension, police arrest and detention, especially hearing of the suspect in pre-investigation procedure by police officers; the application of measures of coercion by employees at security service at institutes for the execution of criminal sanctions; the application of the means of coercion and delivery of the citizen by communal policemen. In one of the oversight procedures of the police operation, the Protector of Citizens confirmed omissions in the treatment of a person deprived of liberty and issued to the overseen body recommendations114 that in future operation the person who is apprehended, deprived or liberty or detained in compliance with the provisions of the Criminal Proceedings Code receives the written notification on their rights, in the mother tongue or a language they understand. It is proposed that the person deprived of liberty duly signs the notification and thus confirms that they were informed by authorized officers before apprehension, deprivation of liberty or detention about their rights and notified about reasons of the application of apprehension, deprivation of liberty or detention. By passing of bylaws, certain improvements of the normative framework of importance for the operation of police and position of police officers and other employees at the Ministry were made. The Rulebook on the Manner and Conditions of the Application of Police Authorizations toward Juveniles115 and Rulebook on Police Authorizations116 were adopted and in their text to a great extent the remarks and recommendations of the Protector of Citizens were implemented and they aimed at the prevention of the reduction of the reached level of the exercise of rights in procedures before police, as well as to perform clear demarcation which police authorizations and in which manner they are applied toward adults and which toward minors. Furthermore, it was noticed that numerous shortcomings of the Rulebook on the manner and conditions of the application of police authorizations to minors result from the shortcomings in the Law on Juvenile Offenders and Criminal-Legal Protection of Juveniles, which indicates to the need for its amendment. During the reporting period, the Protector of Citizens continued with the implementation of the oversight procedure of the Administration for the Execution of Criminal Sanctions, upon Manual on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. (Istanbul protocol) – available at: http://www.hraction.org/wpcontent/uploads/Istambulski_protokol_serbian.pdf. 113 Law on Ratification of the Convention Against Torture and oOher Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Punishments and Treatment (“Official Gazette of the SFRY – International Treaties”, number 9/91). 114 Available at: https://www.ombudsman.rs/index.php/2012-02-07-14-03-33/6142-gr-d-ninu-u-p-lici-s-s-nici-niuruc-n-pis-n-b-v-sh-nj-nj-g-vi-pr-vi. 115 “Official Gazette of RS“, no. 83/19. 116 “Official Gazette of RS“, no. 41/19. 112 - 71 -