2016 REPORT ON NATIONAL PREVENTION OF TORTURE Methodology for Performing the National Prevention of Torture AN IN DEPTH-INSPECTION On 5 February 2014, the Head of the Seimas Ombudsmen’s Office approved the Programme for Implementation of National Prevention of Torture establishing tasks and measures of national prevention of torture. The Programme for National Prevention of Torture contains analysis of the number of institutions in Lithuania falling into the category of places of detention defined in the Optional Protocol, models of activities and experience of national preventive mechanisms of other countries, the Optional Protocol Implementation Manual prepared by the Association for the Prevention of Torture, the Guidelines on National Preventive Mechanisms drawn up by the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment of the Committee against Torture of the United Nations (the Subcommittee on Prevention) as well as standards, recommendations and reports of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (the Committee against Torture). The Programme also discusses types and methodology of inspection of places of detention. An in depth-inspection is a comprehensive, carefully worked out, detailed and thorough evaluation of human rights and freedoms. No such inspections were carried out in 2016 due to extensive time required for an in depth factfinding and evaluation. However, a number of in-depth inspections are planned to be carried out in 2017. QUESTIONNAIRE-BASED INSPECTIONS Questionnaire-based inspections represent the filling in of questionnaires adapted to each institution and covering the most important issues related to the living/detention conditions, nutrition, health care, ensuring security and suicide prevention, use of special, restrictive and disciplinary measures, guaranteeing personal independence, provision of information and investigation of complaints. These questionnaires are prepared with account of the requirements set out in national and international legislation, as well as the standards of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment which has conducted the prevention of torture in the European states for 25 years already. In the course of performance of the national prevention of torture, questionnaire-based inspections, thematic inspections, in-depth and follow-up inspections are carried out. The national prevention of torture by the Seimas Ombudsmen in 2016 involved questionnairebased, thematic and follow-up inspections. In 2016, questionnaire-based inspections were carried out at adult care institutions (16), police custody and long-term/temporary detention 5