CAT/OP/POL/CSPRO/1 consists in controlling the behaviour of the convicted person who stays outside the prison facility with the use of electronic monitoring devices. Benefits of electronic monitoring for the convicted person and their families, as well as for the judiciary, justify the inclusion of this subject to promote this form of the execution of rulings. The training workshop will be conducted in cooperation with the Office for Electronic Monitoring, which is responsible for the substantive and technical supervision over the functioning of the Electronic Monitoring System and for the correct functioning of the Monitoring Centre, which is a part of the system. Specific topics, such as: legal regulations on electronic monitoring in Poland; general characteristics of the electronic monitoring system as a form of enforcing penalties, penal measures and preventive measures; the most important organisational, technical and logistic aspects of the functioning of the Electronic Monitoring System (SDE24 communication and monitoring system, monitoring centre, supervising entity and field teams, monitoring devices, main electronic monitoring procedures and the rules of control and monitoring over its execution, most important SDE users); practical aspects of using electronic monitoring and supervision, case-law on electronic monitoring. (m) Communication with people with addictions for court-appointed guardians: 11 editions, 55 people each, 8 hours. Reasons for covering the topic: In 2020, the National School will launch a series of training workshops aimed at improving social and psychological skills of professional court-appointed guardians in the area of communicating with various groups of clients and supervised clients with dysfunctions. Firstly, the issue of communication with people with addictions will be discussed. Methods of work that will help court-appointed guardians to identify the symptoms of addition based on observations and interviews, as well as the stages of informative and educational work with such clients will be presented during the session. Specific topics, such as: Structure of an interview with a supervised person (selection of form and content, identification of needs); communication techniques effective in difficult situations – managing addicted and aggressive clients by court-appointed guardians; the role of a professional supervisor in shaping adequate attitude; how to talk to influence, motivate, inspire to taking action in the area of treatment; art of interviewing (observation, recognition of personality types); meaning and preparing personal background diagnosis and resocialisation diagnosis for the supervised person/minor. 21. Additionally, in 2020 judges, public prosecutors, trainee judges, judicial clerks (referendaries) and assistants will take part in international workshops devoted to the widely understood scope of protection specified by the OPCAT, i.e. to anti-discrimination law, international cooperation in criminal proceedings, substantive criminal law and human rights, the details of which and limits of places available to Polish participants will be announced at the end of 2019. III. Situation of persons deprived of their liberty A. Police (i) Ill-treatment 22. With regards to paras. 44 to 46 of the report, Poland respectfully submits the following. Regarding the case described by OPCAT delegation as an example of illtreatment situation caused by Police officers in one of the police units in Krakow, it is necessary to point out that perceived improvement in this area (also described in Report) is a result of numerous preventing actions and control mechanisms that were implemented within the framework of the Polish Police structures in last few years. 23. Currently, the Police is at disposal of various resources and perverting tools that give possibilities to take immediate actions by high ranking management of Police units, as well as directly involve external institutions such as prosecutors or Ombudsman and let them conduct their own procedures, interrogations or findings in order to assess whether potential obstruction of justice took place. 24. As examples of that mechanisms should be mentioned: Regulations issued by Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration imposing general obligation to communicate all cases of complaints, requests and unspecified information regarding 9