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Latvia

Detention issue

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Legal instruments & key provisions

Legal instrument Key provision
Law on the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (likums “Par Konvencijas pret spīdzināšanu un citiem nežēlīgas, necilvēcīgas vai pazemojošas izturēšanās vai sodīšanas veidiem Fakultatīvo protokolu”)The only independent body which carries out regular monitoring visits to prisons is the Ombudsperson who is designated to fulfil the role of the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM). Most of the NPM work is concentrated in the Prevention Unit which is subordinated to the Civil and Political Rights Division of the Ombudsperson´s Office. Complaints by detained persons and some outstanding issues related to their rights are dealt with directly by the Civil and Political Rights Division or by other divisions of the Ombudsperson´s Office, if the issues raised fall under their remit.

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