JEAN-JACQUES GAUTIER NPM SYMPOSIUM 2015 Thursday, 4 June 20159 Objectives: • Discuss the challenges faced by NPMs and the SPT in carrying out their preventive mandate with regards to LGBT persons deprived of liberty. • Exchange good practices and working methods among NPMs and with the SPT. • Strengthen cooperation among NPMs and with the SPT. Time Session 8:30 – 9:00 Welcome coffee 9:00 – 9:15 Introductory session Objectives and methodology Jean-Sébastien Blanc, APT 9:15 – 10:45 Session 1 – NPMs’ feedback • For each participant, to raise the most prominent issues discussed during Day 1: · one on the problematics faced by LGBT detainees · one on the implication for their work as NPMs • Unaddressed issues during Day 1 Moderated discussion: all participants Moderator: Barbara Bernath, APT 10:45 – 11:15 Coffee break The 4th of June was a closed meeting for representatives of National Preventive Mechanisms (NPMs) and the UN Subcommittee for the Prevention of Torture (SPT). 9 36