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5.10.
Cooperation with other NPMs and establishment
of the NPM regional network
NPM Serbia held intensive bilateral cooperation with a number of NPMs.
With the support of the association of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia, the
representatives of the NPM visited the NPM Netherlands.
In September 2013, the NPM Austria came on a two-day official visit to the NPM Serbia and on this
occasion when they exchanged experiences in the activities of NPM.
The established cooperation with the NPM Spain was maintained and actions in the field of coordination
of deportations and reception of people in the process of readmission were agreed on.
The NPM Serbia is the initiator and co-founder of the NPM Network of the South Eastern Europe
countries.
In March 2013, with the support of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, the NPM Serbia organized a meeting
in Belgrade, where the NPM Network of the countries of South Eastern Europe was established. The
Network members are: NPM Albania, NPM Macedonia, NPM Slovenia, NPM Serbia, NPM Croatia and
NPM Montenegro, as well as the Ombudsman of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In October 2013, NPM Austria
also joined the Network, and NPM Bulgaria and NPM Hungary.
At the meeting held in October 2013, also in Belgrade, the Network Medical Group was established
gathering medical professionals, who are members of the monitoring teams for visits to institutions
where persons deprived of their liberty are placed.
The NPM Serbia continued cooperation with NPM within the European NPM Network.
5.11.
Distribution / review of the NPM annual report
The States Parties to the Optional Protocol are obliged to publish and disseminate the NPM annual
reports.86
The report on the NPM performance of duties for 2012 was submitted to the National Assembly,
the President of the Republic, the Government of the Republic of Serbia and the Supreme
Court of Cassation.
With the support of the OSCE Mission to Serbia the Report was translated into English language and
published in both Serbian and English. The Report, in the form of a publication, in the Serbian language,
was submitted to the committees and commissions of the National Assembly, an independent
government bodies, ministries, all institutions for execution of criminal sanctions, all police departments,
social services, special hospitals for psychiatric illness, universities, as well as associations and experts
with which the NPM cooperated in various specialized fields.
With regard to the review of the Report a public hearing was organized in the National Assembly
of Serbia on the International Day against Torture on 26 June 2013.
The Report in the English language was submitted to the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture,
the UN Committee against Torture and the European Union Delegation in Serbia, the Council of
Europe with offices in Belgrade, the European Committee for Prevention of Torture, the Association for
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