14 The NPM’s employees The NPM has an interdisciplinary composition, and its employees have different vocational backgrounds and types of expertise. It is organised as a separate NORWEGIAN PARLIAMENTARY OMBUDSMAN National Preventive Mechanism against Torture and Ill-Treatment ANNUAL REPORT 2015 department under the Parliamentary Ombudsman. The NPM does not consider individual complaints. If the NPM receives individual complaints during a visit, they are passed on to the Ombudsman’s complaints departments. The NPM’s employees as of 1 February 2016. From the left: senior adviser Jonina Hermannsdottir, adviser Johannes Flisnes Nilsen, senior adviser Mette Jansen Wannerstedt, adviser Caroline Klæth Eriksen, senior adviser Aina Holmén and head of the NPM Helga Fastrup Ervik.