NPM conducted on 09 and 10 February 2016, visit to the Krusevac Police Department and police station in its composition. The visit was carried in order to be monitored the general procedures of the police toward detainees and the treatment of refugees / migrants.
Acting on the recommendations of the NPM, Zaječar Police Department (PD) hand to all detainees a written notice of rights, and after completing the detention written record of detention for insight and signature. Costs of food for all detainees in police stations now come from the Police Department Zaječar.
Material conditions in the detention facilities of the PD Zaječar have been enhanced, so as better artificial illumination is provided, while in police stations Sokobanja and Boljevac were starting with preparation of project documentation and provision of funds for renovation of existing premises for detention. Also, PD Zaječar has taken measures and provided keeping audio and video surveillance in all police stations. In the coming period, with the consent of the Police Directorate, PD Zaječar is planning to conduct the training for police officers in relation to work with persons with mental disabilities.
The Ombudsman in carrying out the work of the NPM, in November 2015, visited Zajecar Police Department in order to monitor the treatment of detained persons and to follow up the recommendations addressed through the report on the visit in 2012.
Report on the visit to the Reception Center for unaccompanied minors "Vasa Stajic".
 Report "Vasa Stajic" |
Report on visit to the Center for Asylum Kranjca, in January 2016.
| Report CA Krnjaca |
The Ombudsman invited the associations, whose statute intended goal of association promotion and protection of human rights and freedoms, to cooperate in the performance of the national mechanism for the prevention of torture. Cooperation relating to the participation of representatives of associations and co-workers of associations in visits of places where persons are deprived of their liberty, drafting of reports, recommendations, opinions and other documents, as well as performing other tasks of the National Preventve Mechanism (NPM).
On 27 January 2016, NPM conducted a visit to the Institute for Education of Children and Youth "Vasa Stajić", concretely the Center for accommodation of foreign unaccompanied minors, in order to monitor the treatment of juvenile refugees / migrants.
