63 International cooperation In 2015, the Parliamentary Ombudsman, represented by the NPM, has cooperated with a number of international actors on efforts to prevent torture and ill-treatment of people deprived of their liberty. These include the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT), the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT), other states’ national preventive mechanisms and civil society. Employees from the NPM have, among other things, taken part in courses and conferences in Norway and abroad, spoken at panel debates and helped to raise their own as well as others’ competence. They have regularly exchanged information and shared experiences with various organisations working on detention conditions for people deprived of their liberty. This has contributed to strengthening preventive efforts in Norway. " The NPM has regularly exchanged information and shared experiences with various organisations working on detention conditions for people deprived of their liberty " Among other things, the NPM has participated at1: ››A conference to mark the CPT’s 25th anniver- sary: ”The CPT at 25: taking stock and moving forward” ››A conference at Wilton Park: ”Strategies for tackling torture and improving prevention” ››The APT’s Jean-Jacques Gautier Symposium in Geneva, which addressed the vulnerabilities of LGBT persons ››A workshop in Riga for preventive mechanisms that are part of Ombudsman institutions: ’Implementing a preventive mandate’, under the auspices of the International Ombudsman Institute (IOI) ››Summer school at the University of Bristol Law School: ”Preventing torture and ill-treatment of female detainees through gender-sensitive monitoring” ››Panel discussion at the OSCE/ODIHR meeting in Warsaw on gender-sensitive preventive efforts ››Round-table conference in London organised by the Open Society Foundation and the University of Bristol Law School on ”Pre-trial detention” ››The Swedish Parliamentary Ombudsmen’s seminar in Stockholm: ”Preventing torture in Sweden and Europe” The Parliamentary Ombudsman has also received visits from delegations where the theme of the visit has been preventive efforts, among other things. This includes visits from the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muižneks, Ethiopia’s Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and Minister of Justice, representatives from Morocco’s human rights council and a delegation comprising officials, journalists and members of voluntary organisations from Angola. 1 A complete list of the NPM’s activities in 2015 is included in this annual report (see page 66).