DEFENCE FOR CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL (DCI) - Belgium | Practical Guide ʺʺ the advices given by others monitoring bodies about the foreseen time required to be dedicated to the visit of this place; ʺʺ the security regimes applied (the higher the security, the longer it can take to move around within the facility); ʺʺ the languages spoken by children deprived of their liberty and the possible need for interpretation. Frequency of the visits The more regularly visits take place, the more effective they are in terms of prevention of torture or ill-treatment and promoting sustained improvement. However, the monitoring body should also keep in mind that – on the one hand, too many visits in the same place may be seen as constant intrusion by children and that – on the other hand, too frequent visits may disrupt or obstruct the work of the staff in favour of children deprived of their liberty (schooling, activities, etc.). It is thus important to strike a balance between the need for efficient monitoring and the constraints inherent to a group of children deprived of liberty, and the management as well as the programme of activities that take place in the facility. Unexpected situations may also arise so that the visiting team should be prepared to be flexible when defining the length and frequency of its visit. In addition, more occasional visits (such as those performed by national or EU parliamentarians) with another function than prevention may also have an important monitoring impact. See – Section 3.3. – p.32 F. DESCRIPTION OF THE MONITORING TEAM Composition / Competences The visiting team should ideally be composed by well-qualified monitors with a high degree of sensitivity, experience, with child specific training regarding children’s deprivation of liberty. The team should ideally be multi-disciplinary and should be composed in accordance with the type of facility to be visited and the groups of children deprived of their liberty represented within the facility concerned. 54