NORWEGIAN PARLIAMENTARY OMBUDSMAN National Preventive Mechanism against Torture and Ill-Treatment ANNUAL REPORT 2015 66 Activities in 2015 WHEN 6–9 January WHAT Visit to Ringerike Prison 7 January Meeting with the free legal aid service Juss-Buss 9 January Meeting with the Norwegian Board of Health Supervision 12 January 15–18 January 19 January 20 January Meeting with Tor-Geir Myhrer, researcher at the Norwegian Police University College, on the duty of confidentiality and the police's use of means of restraints The Norwegian Association for Penal Reform's winter conference (the KROM Conference) Talk on the Ombudsman's human rights mandate at the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muižneks visited Norway and met with the Parliamentary Ombudsman 2 February Visit to Lillestrøm police custody facility 4 February Meeting with the organisations Wayback, Retretten and Straffedes Organisasjon i Norge (SON) 9 February Meeting with the Norwegian LGBT Association (LLH) 11 February 12–13 February Visit to Bjørgvin Prison's Juvenile Unit VIVAT course in suicide prevention 23 February Meeting of the advisory committee to the National Preventive Mechanism 24 February Meeting with the Ministry of Justice's executive management 24-27 February Visit to Diakonhjemmet Hospital 26 February Lecture at the Correctional Service of Norway Staff Academy (KRUS) 26 February Launch of the NOAS report 'Freedom first – a report on alternatives to detention' 27 February 2 March 3 March 4 March 6 March Consultation submission on amendments to the Execution of Sentences Act regarding the serving of sentences in another state Conference organised by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture: 'The CPT at 25: taking stock and moving forward' Hearing at the Storting on White Paper 12 (2014–2015) regarding increasing the correctional services' capacity Cooperation meeting with Norway's National Institution for Human Rights, the Ombudsman for Children and the Equality and Anti-Discrimination Ombudsman Meeting with the supervisory council for the police immigration detention centre at Trandum 10 March Meeting with the supervisory commission for Diakonhjemmet Hospital 11 March Visit to Ålesund police custody facility 13 March Meeting with the Norwegian Police Directorate