2016 REPORT ON NATIONAL PREVENTION OF TORTURE Additional Activities On 9 March 2016, Seimas Ombudsman Raimundas Šn 9 March 2016, Seimas Ombudsman Raimundas Sinstitutions after the follow-up inspection, almost all recommendations provided repeatedly were implemented immediately after the follow-up inspections or the institutions were obligaepresentatives of the Seimas Ombudsmen’s Office also visited several social care institutions for older people in Lithuania. with the US Embassy as the US State Department was preparing a report on the human rights situation in the country. On 6 December 2016, Seimas Ombudsmen Augustinas Normantas and Raimondas Šukys met with Nils Muižnieks, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, to discuss gender equality, the rights of persons with disabilities, the rights of children, violence at home as well as the problems of the care home system and their abundance in Lithuania. The Commissioner for Human Rights also showed an interest in the activities of the Seimas Ombudsmen and other human rights mechanisms operating in Lithuania. On 16 June 2016, Augustinas Normantas, head of the Seimas Ombudsmen’s O ce, met with Tatyana Teplova and expert Chloe Lelievre, representatives of the mission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Lithuania. The meeting with Mr. Augustinas Normantas dealt with the themes of ensuring the rule of law and the effective activities of institutions administering justice in Lithuania. The Seimas Ombudsmen’s Office has been a member of the International Ombudsman Institute since August 1996. In 2016, representatives of the Seimas Ombudsmen’s Office participated in several important events of this Institute. On 26-27 April 2016, Augustinas Normantas, Seimas Ombudsman and Head of the Office, and Seimas Ombudsman Raimondas Šukys took part in the European regional conference “Human Rights in Europe: Challenges for Ombudsmen” held in Barcelona by the International Ombudsman Institute. The conference discussed the issues of ensuring privacy and personal data security, the approach towards asylum seekers and their identification with terrorists, as well as the asylum policy in Europe, the possible measures to combat the emerging xenophobia in Europe and the ombudsmen’s role in solving the refugee crisis on the European continent. On 5 September 2016, at the invitation of Seimas Ombudsman Augustinas Normantas, the European Council Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, shortly referred to as the CPT, presented its preliminary conclusions at the Seimas Ombudsmen’s Office concerning the human rights situation at the places of detention in Lithuania. At a meeting with Ted Janis and Giedra Gurevičiūtė-Demereckienė, representatives of the US Embassy, held on 14 September 2016, the Seimas Ombudsman disclosed relevant issues complained about to the Seimas Ombudsmen by Lithuanian residents and presented human rights problems arising at places of detention. The me­eting also discussed questions of cooperation At the conference “Evolution of Ombudsmanship” held on 13–19 November 2016 in Bangkok, 31