A/HRC/40/46 held incommunicado for prolonged periods, were subjected to torture or ill-treatment and were coerced into making confessions. In eastern Libya, civilians, including medical professionals, local officials and activists, detained solely on account of their opposition to the Libyan National Army, were held at the military wing of the Gernada prison and denied access to relatives and lawyers. 63. In 2018, UNSMIL/OHCHR documented patterns of torture, ill-treatment, denial of adequate medical treatment and inhuman prison conditions in several detention facilities, including the Gernada prison in Al-Baida; Al-Kuweifiya prison in Benghazi; Al-Jawiya prison; the Department for Combating Illegal Migration facility in Misrata; the Surman General Investigations Directorate; the Ain Zara (B) and Jdeida women’s prisons; and detention facilities controlled by the Special Deterrence Force, the Central Security/Abu Salim armed group, the Unit for Combating Terrorism in Abu Salim, the Tripoli Revolutionaries Brigade, the General Intelligence Apparatus, the Bab Tajoura armed group and the Nawassi armed group in Tripoli. Patterns of torture included beatings, cigarette burns, electrocution, death threats, denial of medical treatment, suspension in stress positions and confinement in small, suffocating spaces. UNSMIL/OHCHR continued to receive reports of deaths in custody. 64. Despite repeated requests, UNSMIL was denied access to the Mitiga detention facility controlled by the Special Deterrence Force. Nonetheless, it continued to document serious human rights violations committed at the facility through interviews with relatives of inmates, witnesses, medical professionals and released persons, as well as forensic reports. Reported violations included prolonged arbitrary and incommunicado detention, enforced disappearances and torture. UNSMIL repeatedly raised concerns about these allegations in official written communications and meetings with Special Deterrence Force officials, the Office of the Prosecutor General, the Prime Minister, the Minister of Justice, the Minister of the Interior and relevant government committees. Technical support 65. On 26 and 27 April, UNSMIL/OHCHR organized a seminar in Tunisia on ways to enforce applicable Libyan legislation and relevant international law and standards on prisons and to counter violations committed by armed groups, including unlawful and arbitrary detention. The seminar was attended by representatives from the Office of the Prosecutor General, the Office of the Military Prosecutor, the judiciary, the ministries of the interior, foreign affairs, international cooperation and justice, the Judicial Police and civil society organizations. On 15 May, in the framework of efforts to enhance cooperation and coordination between the Government and the international community in the fields of human rights and rule of law, UNSMIL convened a meeting of the Justice and Human Rights Working Group, 11 co-chaired with the Minister of Justice. The meeting gathered representatives of the ministries of the interior, planning, justice and social affairs, the High Judiciary Institute and diplomatic representatives. Participants identified 12 priority areas for action, including support for the Judicial Police and official prisons and the establishment of mechanisms to combat money laundering and corruption while recovering stolen assets. 66. UNSMIL continued to provide advice to and advocate with the Government of National Accord, the Judicial Police and armed groups on the implementation of recommendations contained in the report Abuse Behind Bars, including on ending arbitrary detention, moving those lawfully detained from unofficial places of detention to official prisons and granting unimpeded access to human rights monitors to places of detention. UNSMIL also advocated for the international community to screen recipients of technical assistance and capacity-building programmes to ensure that those suspected of violations of human rights, humanitarian and refugee law are excluded from any support. 11 The Working Group is part of the coordination structure between the Government of Libya and the international community, comprising working groups in different sectors. 11