37 migrants. Also, the participants were presented the Declaration on the protection and promotion of the rights of refugees and migrants adopted by Ombudsmen/national institutions for the protection of human rights in Belgrade, November 2015. The Protector of Citizens and the secretary general of the NPM participated in the workshop organized by Greek Ombudsman in Thessaloniki, the topic of which was “Refugees /migrants and human rights: Regional joint Action Plan of Ombudsman“. They adopted the Regional joint Action Plan of Ombudsman Institutions, based on the Belgrade declaration. Also the Protector of Citizens and the secretary general of the NPM participated in the two-day International Conference “Responding to actual challenges in Europe by Ombudsman “in Barcelona, organized by the Ombudsman of Catalonia, chairing the European group of International Ombudsmen Institutes, one of the topics being the “Migrants and Refugees”. The website of the NPM (http: ∕∕npm.rs), in Serbian and English languages contains all the news, reports on visits and answers of authorities about acting upon recommendations, including other NPM activities in Serbia. 5.7. Cooperation with the UN Committee against Torture, UN Sub-Committee for the Prevention of Torture and the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture In the course of 2016, the Serbian NPM continued cooperation with the UN Committee against Torture, UN Sub-Committee for the Prevention of Torture and the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture. NPM continued with the common practice of submitting its annual reports to the UN Committee against Torture, UN Sub-Committee for the Prevention of Torture and the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture. Considering that the Ministry of Health did not provide its answer about acting upon recommendations70 addressed to the Republic of Serbia by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture in its 2015 Visit Report71, the NPM organized the visit to the Special Hospital for Psychiatric Diseases „Dr Slavoljub Bakalovic” in Vršac, to ensure a follow-up regarding the implementation of recommendations from the Report on the visit of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture to the Republic of Serbia in 2015. The report on the above visit that was drafted in the beginning of 2017, the NPM addressed 20 recommendations for eliminating the identified deficiencies, to the Ministry of Health. 70 The Document Answers and Comments of the competent authorities of the Republic of Serbia to the Report of European Committee for Prevention of Torture and inhuman and degrading Treatments and Punishments, following the fourth interim visit to the Republic of Serbia in the period from 26 May to 5 June 2015, submitted by the Government to the Committee. 71 CPT (2015) 60, adopted on November 6, 2015