NORWEGIAN PARLIAMENTARY OMBUDSMAN National Preventive Mechanism against Torture and Ill-Treatment ANNUAL REPORT 2015 70 28 October Open meeting at the Ministry of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion on Norway's reporting to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child 3 November Meeting with Red Cross Youth on communication with children and young people 3 November Course on security in preventive work 4 November 9 November 9 November 11 November 12–13 November 20 November 25 November 25–26 November 30 November 2 December 7 December 9 December GIGA inspiration day: children and young people in mental health care, organised by experts on mental health care from Forandringsfabrikken Rolv Ryssdal seminar, talk on the UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies and their significance for Norwegian law Meeting with the Correctional Service of Norway Staff Academy (KRUS) on the training of escorts at Trandum Meeting with the legal aid organisation for women (JURK) on women in prison The Supervisory Commission Conference, organised by the Directorate of Health Lucy Smith's Child Rights Day on the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Article 3(1) on the best interests of the child Meeting with Dr. Elina Steinerte, researcher at the University of Bristol, on the execution of sentences in the Netherlands The 8th national conference on human rights, the use of force and ethics (the Hamar conference on the use of force) Seminar on interview techniques with the Centre for Stress and Trauma Psychology Joint visit with the Swedish Parliamentary Ombudsmen’s preventive mechanism, the OPCAT unit, to Märsta immigration detention centre in Sweden Meeting of the advisory committee to the National Preventive Mechanism Meeting with psychiatrist Petter Andreas Ringen on medicinal and non-medicinal treatment in involuntary mental health care 10 December Day-long national conference – Female inmates and convicts, organised by KRUS/KDI 11 December Meeting with the Nordic preventive mechanisms and visit to Ellebæk immigration detention centre Meeting with psychologist Olav Nyttingnes at Akershus University Hospital on user involvement, 15 December consent and decision-making ability, perceived use of force, non-medicinal treatment measures and other measures to reduce the use of force