Implementation of the Duties and Powers of the National Preventive Mechanism in 2012 The rooms for the most part were adequately clean and equipped, except in PS Podlehnik, where there was no chair or bench in place in the room for foreigners. A reminder needs to be given that the NPM had warned PS Podlehnik about this deficiency before, during the 2009 visit, and in their response report it was then stated that a bench would be placed in this room. In this year’s response report the Ministry of the Interior stated that additional chairs had already been put in place. Another situation was noticed in PS Lendava where the room dedicated to procedures involving foreigners was full of chairs. During the visit in PS Podlehnik, there was a used blanket in the larger waiting room for foreigners, which is why a comment was given that the waiting room for foreigners must be cleaned after every use and any bedding removed if the latter was provided to foreigners for their use. In BPS Gruškovje, attention had to be drawn to the fact that the rooms for foreigners being deported had to be regularly maintained. Generally, there was more information material (brochures) available in these rooms during the visits – for example, a poster presenting the rights of detained persons in several languages, a brochure by the Ministry of the Interior about rights of a detained person available in several languages, brochures on asylum in several languages, in some also a piece of paper with the contact number of the Legal Information Centre (PIC), or a board by UNHCR with brochures on human rights in several languages. It is commendable that PS Gorišnica placed posters and brochures in the room for foreigners and thus took into consideration the recommendation from the previous visit, when there were no posters. Rooms for foreigners are under a video-surveillance system in PS Ljutomer and BPS Bistrica ob Sotli, which is suitably marked (with a warning notice). In PS Ormož and PS Podlehnik, in addition to the video-surveillance system in the room for foreigners, there is also an audio device. In PS Metlika, the room for foreigners is not under a video-surveillance system, which is why it was proposed that this deficiency be remedied. It was stated, in the response report, that the Novo mesto Police Directorate would examine this possibility. Information for detained persons on their rights Some years ago, the Police issued a brochure including a notification on the rights of a person deprived of their liberty, in several languages, which was found in every police station. It is noteworthy that the brochure is available in places where it is needed (detention rooms and their waiting areas, rooms for foreigners) in the majority of police stations.  Information on rights is also provided by means of posters informing readers about deprivation of liberty, which is commendable. Some police stations (PS Ormož) had already in place a new version of the poster including information about the right to a doctor of one’s own choice. It is noteworthy that in PS Gorišnica there were several new posters presenting the rights of a person deprived of liberty which were placed in the corridor in front of a detention room and in the reception area where foreigners are processed. The practice in PS Gorišnica is also commendable: the NPM actually proposes that it be uniformly introduced in all police stations in Slovenia; specifically, printed copies describing the rights of detained persons are handed out by the police station (also on minors) before accommodating these persons in a detention room. In PS Krško it was proposed that the reception area for detained persons should be equipped with a printed copy of a list of lawyers and brochures produced by the Ministry of the Interior about the rights of such persons. The Ministry of the Interior had made the assurance that the printed list of lawyers and a brochure were immediately placed in the reception area for the detained persons. On the basis of the NPM’s recommendation, the management of PS Sevnica made a point of having the list of lawyers printed at once. Together with the brochure by the Ministry of the Interior on the rights of persons, the police station management had it placed in the interview room which is occasionally used for the admission and processing of detained persons. The police station also took care to mark the room with a warning notice that the area is under video-surveillance. National Preventive Mechanism in the Republic of Slovenia under the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 41