CPT _2010_ 82 - EN - Report Armenia 2010 _2_ - The Government ...

- 71 -Investigations into cases possibly involving ill-treatment by the policerecommendations- the investigation into the case of Kristapor Elazyan to be re-opened (paragraph 23);- increased emphasis to be placed on the structural independence of the Special InvestigationService (SIS) and the existence of transparent procedures in order to enhance publicconfidence (paragraph 26);- direct, confidential, access to the SIS for persons alleging ill-treatment to be ensured(paragraph 26);- judges to be reminded, by the highest judicial authorities and/or, if necessary, through theadoption of relevant legal provisions, that they should take action whenever a personbrought before them alleges that he or she has been subjected to violence by the police. Evenin the absence of an express allegation of ill-treatment, the judge should ensure that aforensic medical examination is requested whenever there are other grounds (e.g. visibleinjuries, a person's general appearance or demeanour) to believe that ill-treatment may haveoccurred (paragraph 27).requests for information- detailed information on the outcome of the case of Vahan Khalafyan (paragraph 22);- the remarks of the Armenian authorities on the results of the investigations into the events of1 March 2008 (paragraph 24);- the following information in respect of 2009 and 2010:• the number of complaints of ill-treatment by police officers;• the number of SIS investigations instituted as a result of these complaints;• an account of any criminal sanctions imposed (paragraph 26);- up-to-date information on progress towards the development of a centralised statisticaldatabase of complaints of ill-treatment of persons detained by law enforcement agencies(paragraph 26).