Overview of the National Preventive Mechanism reports and analysed the resulting monitoring priorities. The considerations regarding issues elaborated in the year under review dealt amongst other things with the following topics: • Factors determining inhuman and degrading treatment in institutions and facilities for persons with disabilities • Detention cells in the basement of police stations • Intimacy in medical examinations carried out by police or public health officers in police stations (a NPM recommendation to the Federal Ministry of Justice followed) • Protection of victims of conduct that violates boundaries by residents of facilities for persons with disabilities Furthermore, the Human Rights Advisory Council dealt with AOB recommendations on the following structural human rights issues: • Recommendation to the Federal Ministry of the Interior on “Light switches in detention rooms in police stations” (Human Rights Advisory Council meeting from 28 February 2017) • Recommendation to the regional government of Carinthia on “Centres for psychosocial rehabilitation in Carinthia” (Human Rights Advisory Council meeting from 20 June 2017) • Recommendation to the Federal Ministry of Justice on “Quality criteria for residential facilities providing social therapy” (Human Rights Advisory Council from 19 September 2017) • Recommendation to the Federal Ministry of the Interior on “Human rights standards in police detention centres” (Human Rights Advisory Council meeting from 21 November 2017) The Human Rights Advisory Council statements are an important contribution for the NPM, as the multidisciplinary composition of the Council enables it to not only provide additional expertise but also to offer a value-adding perspective. 22