A/HRC/16/48 According to those articles no person can be retained, arrested or deprived of liberty or submitted to any form of restraint of his/her individual freedom except according to the cases and conditions stipulated by the law; if a person subject to confinement measures, to a decision of hospitalization or any other measure aimed at restraining the individual freedom considers that the measure is illegal, he/she has the right, during the entire proceedings of the criminal trial, to address the competent instance, according to the law; any person, who during a criminal trial, has been illegally or unjustly deprived of his/her freedom or whose freedom has been restrained, has the right to effective remedy, as stipulated by the law. 402. Any person who was deprived of liberty, during or following a criminal trial, or whose liberty was restrained, illegally or unjustly, is entitled to reparation of the damages, under the conditions stipulated by the law. The victim may decide to request financial compensation and medical or social assistance borne by the State. The civil cause may develop in parallel with the criminal trial. 403. Regarding the access to detention places by public authorities, the Government stated that, according to national legislation pre-trial detention during the criminal procedure is under the authority of the Ministry of Administration and Interior (MAI), while during the proceedings before the court and after a final decision has been established by the court, the detainees are in the custody of the National Administration of Penitentiaries, under the authority of the Ministry of Justice and Freedoms (MJLC). Observations 404. The Working Group notes that the Government has signed the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and calls upon the Government to ratify it and accept the competence of the Committee under articles 31 and 31. Russian Federation Cases transmitted to the Government during the period under review: 1 Cases clarified during the period under review: 1 Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review Cases sent under Cases sent the urgent action under the procedure standard procedure Government Non-governmental sources 467 1 1 0 0 Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 467 Number of cases on which the Government has replied Multiple replies on some cases Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6-month rule) 10 0 Yes Urgent appeal N/A Government response N/A General allegation N/A Government response N/A Prompt intervention letter N/A Government response N/A Working Group request for a visit Yes Government response None 91