15 1.2. The most important data on the activities of the Protector of Citizens regarding the NPM activities in 20164 In 2016, NPM made 92 visits to institutions accommodating persons deprived of their liberty, with overall 318 recommendations addressed to the competent authorities and visited institutions. Overall 51 institutions were visited as part of the regular visits, in particular: 33 police stations, 8 institutions for enforcement of criminal sanctions, 3 psychiatric hospitals and 7 social welfare institutions of a home type. Following these visits, the visited institutions were presented with the Reports that included recommendations for eliminating the identified deficiencies in their work that may, or actually do, result in abuse. In 2016, NPM made four visits aimed at monitoring the acting upon previously addressed recommendations, specifically: Police Administration in Novi Pazar and stations operation under it, the seat of Police Administration in Pirot, Police station in Vršac and District Court in Leskovac. With the support of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees in Serbia (hereinafter: the UNHCR), in the course of 2016, NPM, in cooperation with the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights, made 52 thematic visits to the institutions competent to deal with asylum seekers and refugees. The thematic reports on these visits addressed 72 recommendations for eliminating the identified deficiencies. In cooperation with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights OHCHR, The Protector of Citizens organized a round table, to discuss the topic of “Human rights and social involvement of refugees and migrants in the Republic of Serbia“, including the two-day meeting in Belgrade, of the NPM Network of South-East Europe, attended by the representatives of the Network members and associations from Serbia. The topic of the meeting was the preventive approach to the prevention of human rights of refugees and migrants in the countries of South East Europe. In order to inform the migrants about their rights and options for obtaining different ways of protection for themselves in the Republic of Serbia, The Protector of Citizens produced written leaflets in English, French, Arabic, Farsa and Urdu languages, distributed among the migrants during the visits of NPM teams. To promote and protect the rights of persons deprived of their liberty and prevent torture, the NPM representatives took part in a number of conferences, round tables, workshops, seminars and trainings. 4 Please find more details under Item 5 hereof.