of Human Rights, together with the Government Agent Office of Bulgaria. 25. Co-operation with bodies outside the Council of Europe was also pursued. During a number of periodic and/or ad hoc visits, CPT delegations met representatives of the field missions of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), the European Union and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Regular contact with the UNHCR office in Strasbourg was maintained and, as part of sustain­ ing the ongoing dialogue with the ICRC, detailed discussions were held in Geneva in May between the Executive Secretary and the Heads of Divisions of the CPT’s Secretariat and senior ICRC officials. The CPT continued to have regular consultations and contacts with the United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) as well as with the National Preventive Mechanisms (NPMs) set up under the Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention against Torture (OPCAT). During many periodic and/or ad hoc visits, representatives of NPMs were met by CPT delegations. In addition, representatives of the Committee attended various events organised by NPMs, for instance the Seminar on Torture Prevention organised by the Swedish NPM in Stockholm on 1 October and the Conference on strengthening the follow-up of NPM Recommendations in the EU, held in Vienna on 29 April. From 2 to 5 March, a representative of the CPT attended the 4th meeting of the Open-ended Intergovernmental Expert Group on the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners in Cape Town (under the auspices of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime – UNODC). From 28 to 30 January, a member of the CPT attended the World Congress on Juvenile Justice in Geneva (organised by the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, the Swiss Federal Office of Justice and the Terre des Hommes Foundation). Further, the CPT had regular consultations and contacts with the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) in Vienna and the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union (Frontex) in Warsaw. Moreover, a member of the CPT took part in the meeting organised by the European Commission on “The challenges of health protection in prisons – how the EU can assist in improving the health situation of the prison population in Europe” in Luxembourg on 7 May. Representatives of the CPT also attended two workshops organised by the Technical Assistance and Information Exchange instrument of the European Commission (TAEIX) in Podgorica: the first on prevention of torture and ill-treatment, on 7 and 8 September and the second on medical examination of prisoners in cases of ill-treatment on 10 and 11 December. Reference should also be made to the CPT’s participation in a number of events organised by non-governmental organisations, such as the International Conference on forced return organised by the Latvian Centre for Human Rights, held in Riga on 26 and 27 May, and the 2nd Jean-Jacques Gautier NPM Symposium on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) persons deprived of their liberty, organised Activities during the period 1 January to 31 December 2015 ► Page 11