NORWEGIAN PARLIAMENTARY OMBUDSMAN National Preventive Mechanism ANNUAL REPORT 2016 76 21 November Talk at the MRforum on ‘Children in prison: with particular emphasis on asylum seekers’ 21 November Cooperation meeting with the Norwegian National Human Rights Institution, the Equality and Anti-Discrimination Ombudsman and the Ombudsman for Children 23 November Input meeting at the offices of the Ministry of Justice and Public Security on reporting on the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 24 November Talk at the Supervisory Commission Conference 2016 29 November Talk to a delegation from the Parliamentary Ombudsman in Bulgaria 29 November Participated in the Norwegian prison radio service’s panel on women in prison 5 December Meeting with Ida Hydle, researcher, and Bård Melling Olsen, head of child welfare in Bjørgvin Prison’s Juvenile Unit, on children and young people in child welfare institutions and in prison 5 December Meeting of the advisory committee to the National Preventive Mechanism 6–8 December Visit to the child welfare service's emergency institution for young people, Oslo 8 December Meeting with the Ministry of Justice and Public Security on supervisory arrangements in the Correctional Services 9 December Contact meeting on psychiatric care in prisons across Norway, under the auspices of SIFER 9 December Debate on the constitution and human rights, under the auspices of the Norwegian National Human Rights Institution 15 December Meeting with psychiatrist Trond F Aarre on the knowledge base for the use of antipsychotic medication 16 December Talk at a seminar organised by LPP (the national association for next of kin in mental health care): ‘Next of kin: witnesses to the increasing use of force? Next of kin’s perspective on force in mental health care’