Date 244 Place of the event Participants Description of event Organiser 1. 28 January Ljubljana 2015 Ivan Šelih, Deputy Ombudsman, and mag. Jure Markič, the Ombudsman’s adviser Meeting at the Ministry of Health Ministry of on forensic psychiatry and a Health discussion of working material on the Rules on the implementation of security measures of compulsory psychiatric treatment and care in a health establishment of compulsory psychiatric treatment at liberty. 2. 5 February At the 2015 head office of the Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia Ivan Šelih, Deputy Ombudsman, the Ombudsman’s advisers, mag. Jure Markič and Robert Gačnik; the meeting was also attended by the following NGO representatives: Miha Biderman, Eva Šmirmal, Tamara Žajdela, Miha Senica and Mateja Veingerl (Humanitarno društvo Pravo za vse); Slavica Smrtnik and Zerina Ferlič (Novi paradoks); Stanka Radojičič (Slovenian Federation of Pensioners’ Associations); Katarina Bervar Sternad (LegalInformational Centre for NGOs – PIC); Maja Ladić and Mojca Frelih (Peace Institute); Barbara Pirnat (Caritas Slovenia); Ajda Vodnjov and Katja Piršič (SKUP – Community of Private Institutes). The members of the NPM met at their annual meeting with the selected non-governmental organisations and reviewed the draft programme of visits to institutions and places accommodating persons deprived of their liberty. They analysed their past work and agreed on future substantive guidelines and the schedule of visits to institutions. Place of the event Participants Description of event Organiser 3. 19 Februa- At the ry 2015 head office of the Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia Human Rights Ombudsman Vlasta Nussdorfer and Deputy Ombudsman Ivan Šelih Public signing of the contract on cooperation with NGOs and societies which were selected to implement tasks and powers of the National Preventive Mechanism according to the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. The contract was concluded with the Association for Developing Voluntary Work Novo mesto, the Peace Institute, Novi paradoks, Legal-Informational Centre for NGOs – PIC, Humanitarno društvo Pravo za vse, Caritas Slovenia, SKUP – Community of Private Institutes and the Slovenian Federation of Pensioners’ Associations. Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia 4. 1–3 March 2015 At the headquarters of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France Ivan Šelih, Deputy Ombudsman, and mag. Jure Markič, the Ombudsman’s adviser Attendance at a conference on the Council of occasion of the 25th anniversary Europe of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) entitled “The CPT at 25: taking stock and moving forward”. 5. 5 March 2015 At the head office of the Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia The Human Rights Ombudsman, her Deputies Ivan Šelih and Tone Dolčič, and the Ombudsman’s advisers Meeting with representatives of persons with mental disorders. 6. 15 March 2015 At the head office of the Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia Ivan Šelih, Deputy Ombudsman, and mag. Jure Markič, the Ombudsman’s adviser Meeting of the Ombudsman with representatives of mental health rights. Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia 7. 26 March 2015 At the Mag. Jure Markič head office of the Slovenian Federation of Pensioners’ Associations Education of representatives of the Slovenian Federation of Pensioners’ Associations (ZDUS) who cooperate with the NPM. The Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia and ZDUS Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia ANNUAL REPORT OF THE NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM FOR 2015 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM FOR 2015 5 IMPLEMENTATION OF DUTIES AND POWERS OF THE NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM 5 IMPLEMENTATION OF DUTIES AND POWERS OF THE NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM Date 5.9 Review of other NPM activities in 2015 245