Article 16. Meetings of persons subjected to administrative detention with a lawyer, relatives or other persons

Persons subjected to administrative detention shall be granted meetings with a lawyer, relatives or other persons.

Meetings with a lawyer for the purpose of obtaining legal assistance shall be granted in the manner prescribed by legislation, without limitation as to number or duration.

During the period of serving administrative detention, one meeting of up to one hour shall be granted with relatives or other persons. In certain cases, an additional meeting of up to one hour may be granted with the permission of the administration of the special reception facility.

Meetings shall be granted:

to a lawyer—upon presentation of a warrant (order) and a lawyerʼs certificate;

to a relative or other person—upon presentation of an identity document.

At the request of the person subjected to administrative detention, and on condition that it is possible for staff of the special reception facility to exercise visual supervision from a distance, meetings with a lawyer shall be permitted outside the hearing of third parties and without the use of technical means of listening.

Meetings with relatives or other persons shall take place under the supervision of staff of the special reception facility and shall be terminated early in the event of an attempt to hand over to the person subjected to administrative detention any documents, money, valuables, items or other belongings whose storage and use are prohibited under the internal rules.

When meetings are granted, lawyers, relatives and other persons are prohibited from having with them means of communication, personal computers, cameras, video cameras and sound-recording devices.