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For an accused person, article 36.3 of CPC provides similar safeguards to those for a suspect.2 Measures of restraint include a promise not to leave the place of residence, personal surety, bail, and detention (art. 62). 27. (...) While one family member is permitted to visit a prisoner on death row once he is sentenced, not even the families are notified of the exact date or place of execution and they do not receive the bodies of executed persons for burial. In Lyashkevich v. Belarus, the Human Rights Committee considered that “[c]omplete secrecy surrounding the date of execution, and the place of burial and the refusal to hand over the body for burial have the effect of intimidating or punishing families by intentionally leaving them in a state of uncertainty and mental distress…[and] amounts to inhuman treatment [of family members]” in violation of article 7 of the Covenant (CCPR/C/77/D/887/1999, para. 9.2). (...) After the visit, the Special Rapporteur requested the Government to provide him with the identities of all persons sentenced to death within the last three years; those whose appeals had failed and were awaiting execution; those who had been pardoned; the precise locations of all of those prisoners; and, for those who had been executed, the date of execution and the place of burial. The Special Rapporteur further requested information on the conditions of detention of death row prisoners.

In other words, detailed information on the fate and whereabouts of the disappeared persons — that is, at the very least, the circumstances of the disappearance and the name of the place of detention or place of burial if the person has died — has not been disclosed. 40. (...) The Working Group considers it very positive that some burial sites have been located, but it also believes that the bodies recovered from these graves must be identified with certainty. (...) Some families refused compensation on the grounds that the information provided to them was insufficient, particularly in cases where the Commission had concluded that the victim was dead but that the place of burial could not be identified, or where it claimed to have identified the place of burial, but the family disputed its conclusions. 55.

It has also mapped a number of suspected burial sites in cooperation with victims’ associations and relatives. (...) Families sometimes have to pay witnesses to help in identifying places of burial. They go from region to region trying to locate these places by themselves. (...) Some remains in certain burial sites have allegedly been displaced more than three times.

The Law provides that State authorities are under a continuing obligation to trace and identify missing persons and that families have the right to know the fate, place of residence or, if dead, circumstances and cause of death, location of burial and to receive the mortal remains of the missing relatives. (...) The delegation was told that some perpetrators who know about mass graves are asking for money from families in order to reveal where the burial sites are. This needs to be dealt with by the authorities as it could have severe implications in the future. 32. (...) For example, at times relatives who wish to attend burial ceremonies or visit graves in other parts of the country are prevented from doing so or harassed when they do.

Issues relating to places of worship and burial sites were of concern to many participants. 31. (...) A/HRC/10/11/Add.3 page 14 problems regarding burial places for Baha’i. Cemeteries are administered by the Greek Orthodox Church and permission must be sought to bury those of other faiths. (...) When a Muslim dies the body is sent to the country of origin or to Thrace for burial. The Greek Orthodox Church reportedly donated land for a Muslim cemetery however progress has been slow. 37.

An immediate step to be taken promptly in the search process is to properly conduct exhumations and thoroughly investigate all identified burial sites, as already recommended by a number of international human rights bodies.13 These sites should also be adequately preserved. The results of the few exhumations that have been carried out are unclear and the way in which they were conducted raises concerns, including in regard to the methods of excavation and the contamination of possible evidence.14 According to information received by the Working Group during the visit, no exhumations had been conducted on burial sites since 2012. 25. The Working Group appreciates that the Council of Forensic Medicine of the Ministry of Justice has significantly increased its capacity and resources, including by establishing nine regional centres throughout the country. The Working Group hopes that this measure will serve to improve the quality of investigations in cases of enforced disappearances, including with respect to the exhumation of burial sites, in which the Council of Forensic Medicine should take a more proactive role.

The Working Group was told that the families of missing persons who disappeared as civilians did not enjoy the same rights concerning burial as members of the families of missing soldiers. (...) However, after its visit, the Working Group was informed by the Government that identified civilian victims have the same rights as identified Croatian war veterans with respect to the type of funeral service, the organization and free transport of remains to a burial site in Croatia or to the appropriate State border crossing and the coverage of burial expenses. Identified civilian victims do not have the same rights as identified Croatian war veterans in relation to the burial place and military honours, as those rights arise from service in the Armed Forces.

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It was out-of-date residence permits rather than document authenticity that gave rise to most problems. (...) It is possible to convert an existing residence permit into a residence permit for self-employment. 32. (...) The holder of a residence card is entitled to live in Italy even if he loses his job for a long period of time.

Temporary residence is a necessary prerequisite for getting residence permit. (...) Residence permit can be obtained maximum for five years. (...) However, this category of foreigners at first must apply for temporary residence and only after an expiry of one year of temporary residence they can apply for residence permit.