29 5.9. Cooperation with other NPMs The Serbian NPM has continued cooperating with other NPM’s within the framework of the Southeast Europe NPM Network. In 2014, the Protector of Citizens continued his cooperation with members of the Southeast Europe NPM Network. In May 2014, a representative of the Serbian NPM took part in the Network meeting titled “Methodology of Writing NPM Reports” held in Ljubljana (Slovenia). In October 2014, NPM representatives attended a special training session titled “Monitoring of Psychiatric Institutions in the Context of Protection from Torture and Inhuman and Degrading Treatment” held in Skopje (FYR Macedonia). In 2014 the Serbian NPM received study visits from representatives of the Georgian NPM, the Public Monitoring Commissions (PMC) of Russia and the Ukrainian NPM. During those study visits, the Serbian NPM presented his work and visited places of detention together with the representatives of these monitoring mechanisms. The Protector of Citizens was also visited by representatives of the NPMs, public authorities and non-governmental organisations of Montenegro and Albania. In cooperation with the Spanish NPM, the Serbian NPM monitored the repatriation of returnees from the Kingdom of Spain and the Federal Republic of Germany at the “Nikola Tesla” Airport. The Forum held in November 2014 was attended by members of 19 national preventive mechanisms, including: Azerbaijan, Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Greece, Estonia, Lithuania, Hungary, FYR Macedonia, Germany, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Serbia, France, Croatia, Montenegro and Czech Republic. 5.10. Distribution of NPM’s Annual Report The States Parties to the Optional Protocol undertake to publish and disseminate the annual reports of the national preventive mechanisms.78 The 2013 Annual Report of the NPM has been submitted to the National Assembly, the President of the Republic, the Government of the Republic of Serbia, the Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court of Cassation and the Republic Public Prosecutors’ Office. With the support of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, the Report has been translated into English and published in both Serbian and English. The Report, in the form of a publication in Serbian, has been submitted to the Committees and Commissions of the National Assembly, independent public authorities, line ministries, all correctional facilities, all police administrations, social security institutions, special psychiatric hospitals, university schools and the associations and experts with whom the NPM cooperated in various specialist areas. The competent authorities of the State Party concerned shall examine the recommendations of the national preventive mechanism and enter into a dialogue with it on possible implementation measures.79 The English version of the Report has been submitted to the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT), the UN Committee against Torture (CAT), the Council of Europe Office in Belgrade, he European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT), the Association for the 78 79 Article 23 of the Optional Protocol. Article 22 of the Optional Protocol.