The CPT’s delegation reviewed the treatment of persons deprived of their liberty by the police in the Chechen Republic. Another objective of the visit was to examine the effectiveness of investigations into allegations of ill-treatment of detained persons by law enforcement officials.
The delegation visited the following police establishments:
- Temporary Detention Facility (IVS) of Argun City Internal Affairs Division (as well as the neighbouring building which formerly housed this Division)
- IVS of Police Division No. 1 in Grozny (Leninskiy district)
- Police Division No. 2 in Grozny (Zavodskoy district)
- Shali District Internal Affairs Division and its IVS
- Mesker-Yurt Police Station, Shali District
- Headquarters and barracks of Special-Purpose Patrol-Sentry Police Regiment named after A. Kadyrov of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Chechen Republic, Grozny
The delegation also went to SIZO No. 1 in Grozny in order to interview persons who had recently been in police custody. Further, the delegation visited the Republican Forensic Medical Bureau in Grozny.