28 5.7. Events and promotion of NPM/Prevention of Torture With the aim of promoting and protecting the rights of persons deprived of liberty and prevention of torture, in 2014 NPM representatives took part in numerous conferences, round tables and workshops. Deputy Protector of Citizens, who is in charge of rights of persons deprived of liberty, held several lectures for students at the Faculty of Law and issued about 30 press releases in connection with prohibition of abuse and improvements in the field of prevention of torture. In February 2014, the Protector of Citizens, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights held a press conference titled “Challenges faced by the Republic of Serbia in the Field of Asylum and Migrations.” In March 2014, NPM representatives took part in the conference “Situation in the Field of Mental Health and Measures taken in the Deinstitutionalisation Process”, organised by the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights and the International Assistance Network. On the UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, the 26th of June, the Committee of the Lawyers’ Committee for Human Rights organised a press conference titled “The Role of Health Care Services in the Prevention of and Punishment for Torture“, in which the Deputy Protector of Citizens in charge of this field and a representative of the NPM presented the health care situation in prisons. In September 2014, Group 484, the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights and the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy held a conference titled “System of Asylum and Migrations”, which was addressed by the Deputy Protector of Citizens in charge of this field and a representative of the NPM. In November 2014, the Protector of Citizens, acting in the capacity of the NPM, together with the OSCE Mission to Serbia and the UNHCR Office held the First South-East OPCAT Forum. The Forum was attended by members of the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT), representatives of national preventive mechanism of 19 countries, members of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT), the Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT) and other international organisations, as well as Serbian representatives of the civil society. A press conference titled “Prevention of Torture and Other Forms of Torture and Fight against Impunity” was held on the following day. In addition to the participants in the Forum, the conference was also attended by representatives of the relevant ministers, as well as courts and prosecution offices. The NPM’s website (http:∕∕npm.rs), available both in Serbian and in English, contains all news, reports of visits and replies of the visited authorities regarding their compliance with the recommendations, as well as information on all other activities undertaken by the Serbian NPM. 5.8. Cooperation with the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture In 2014 the Serbian NPM continued cooperation with the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture.77 In November 2014, the First South-East OPCAT Forum was also attended by members of the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture, including the Chair of the Subcommittee Mr. Malcolm Evans, as well as members Ms Margaretе Osterfeld, Mr. Viktor Zaharia, Ms Aneta Stancevska, Ms Marija Definis Gojanović and Mr. Miloš Janković. 77 Guidelines of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture, sections 39 and 40, available on the Subcommittee’s website: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cat/opcat/docs/SPT_Guidelines_NPM_en.doc.