36 offering the health care in institutions and to share the most significant findings and recommendations of the National Preventive Mechanism. The NPM organized the round table to discuss the topic of “Human rights and social inclusion of refugees and migrants in the Republic of Serbia“ in order to start a dialogue between all the relevant actors in achieving the specific plans and ensure an adequate and timely inclusion of refugees and migrants in Serbia, as well as to protect their rights. The round table was organized within the project titled „“Human rights of migrants and refugees: Serbia and the Balkan route – National institutions for the protection of human rights and international legal activities“ jointly conducted by the Protector of Citizens and the High Commissioner for Human Rights of OHCHR, with the support of the Federal Government of the Republic of Germany. 5.6. Organization of events and promotion of NPM/prevention of torture In order to promote and protect the rights of persons deprived of their liberty, the NPM representatives took part at numerous conferences in 2016, including round tables, seminars and trainings. The Deputy Protector of Citizens participated in the annual meeting of NPMs held in Vienna, organized by OSCE for democratic institutions and human rights associations for the prevention of torture. The meeting was attended by the representatives of European Committee for Prevention of Torture, UN Subcommittee for Prevention of Torture and numerous experts. The objective of the meeting was to point to the achievements and challenges in the work of NPMs, to improve the strategy and efficiency of the NPMs mandates and regional OSCE Missions, as well as the cooperation between them. By organizing the Press Conference, NPM marked a 10th anniversary of the enforcement of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or degrading Treatments and Punishments (OPCAT). The experience with working with persons deprived of their liberty was shared at the conference by the Deputy Protector of Citizens, the resident Coordinator of UN and representative of UNDP in Serbia, including the experts of NPM Serbia, Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for human Rights, member of NPM Serbia and a representative of the Administration for Enforcement of Criminal Sanctions. The NPM representatives presented to the students of the Law School at the University of Belgrade, the work method of the NPM. Also, the Initiative of Youth for Human Rights organized lectures for students with the topic of “Monitoring of Prison System”, at which the representatives of NPM citizens took part as lecturers. The representative of NPM participated at the meeting organized by European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), Council of Europe, European Network of Equality Bodies and European Network of National Human Rights Institutions (ENNHRI) for the purpose of developing a 2016 Platform and the work plan for the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions in the area of the protection of rights of refugees and migrants. The work of the Protector of Citizens was presented there, along with the operations carried out in the role of the National Preventive Mechanism in the context of protecting the rights of refugees and