Moskalkova proposed to create a “national preventive mechanism” to control the colonies
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Tatiana Moskalkova, Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia, considers it necessary to create a “national preventive mechanism” to control the situation in the colonies. According to her, this is a more effective body than public monitoring commissions.
“Such a personalized state body is a unique phenomenon, and in order to implement what is in demand in society, additional resources are needed. Such a resource in the field of the penitentiary system could be the national preventive mechanism,” said Ms. Moskalkova.
Now in Russia, public control over the colonies is carried out by regional bodies, which are called public monitoring commissions. Members of the PMC communicate with prisoners, convey their complaints and inform about what is happening in the colonies. Members of the PMC can be nominated by human rights non-profit organizations.
“National preventive mechanisms” are provided for by the UN Convention against Torture. They exist in some CIS countries: in particular, in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. From a UN document (.pdf) it follows that such mechanisms do not “investigate” ill-treatment, but use a “preventive approach”.
On August 21, in pre-trial detention center No. 1 in Kemerovo, prisoners have taken hostage of two employees. The arrested were armed with sticks and a metal corner, they demanded a meeting with the leadership of the Main Directorate of the Federal Penitentiary Service and the prosecutor’s office. A criminal case was initiated on the fact of hostage-taking (Part 2, Article 206 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).
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