Committee in 2016. The Contrôleur général, along with other independent authorities and associations, was able to exercise its observations to ensure that the implementation of the convention progressed. The Contrôleur général offered its support for various events organised by the Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT). Thus, it participated in the Jean-Jacques Gautier Symposium for national prevention mechanisms, dedicated to the vulnerability of persons deprived of liberty, during which the situations of LGBT people in places of imprisonment was examined in particular. Finally, members of the APT team were hosted during several visits to places of deprivation of liberty. At the European level, the year 2015 was marked by the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT), which conducted its twelfth periodic visit to France from 15 to 27 November. It visited law enforcement institutions, penal institutions and psychiatric institutions. As usual, the Contrôleur général worked in close collaboration with the CPT. The Contrôleur général welcomed the delegation at the start of the visit and was part of the meetings during which the latter made its preliminary observations to the Minister of Justice, the Minister of Social Affairs, Health and Women’s Rights, and the Minister of the Interior. In the current context of massive movements of refugees and migrants towards Western Europe, the Contrôleur général participated in a conference of the network of the national prevention mechanisms (MNP) of South-East Europe in Tirana, on the question of the treatment of migrants and asylum seekers in places of imprisonment in South-East Europe. During an visit of forced returns, it coordinated its activity with that of the Albanian Ombudsman, at the head of the MNP, such that the latter was able to act as a relay for overseeing the arrival conditions of Albanian nationals once handed over to the authorities of their countries. Being concerned about feeding the debates concerning effective working methods for preventing torture and poor treatment, the Contrôleur général will, in 2016, participate in a European study focused on the links between national prevention mechanisms and the players in the legal world. In 2014, the institution had already participated in a study aimed at reinforcing the monitoring of the recommendations given by the national prevention mechanisms, published in 2015 after the final conference of Vienna, in which the Contrôleur général had participated. This study, directed by the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for human rights and the human rights centre of the University of Bristol, was funded by the Council of Europe, the European Commission and the Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs. At the bilateral level, the Contrôleur général strengthened bonds and communication with its counterparts or national institutions involved in the prevention of torture. Firstly, it pledged its support to the national monitoring team of Tunisia, which comprises thirteen associations defending human rights. This team, comprising a steering committee, concluded a formal agreement to inspect the places of deprivation of liberty in Tunisia, with the support of Dignity, the Danish institute against torture. The latter had called on the Contrôleur général in 2014 to provide theoretical training to the national monitoring team. A new session was conducted in May 2015, focusing on the methodology of monitoring places of imprisonment. In addition, the Contrôleur général was invited by the National Commission on the Prevention of Torture (Conaprev), the Honduran MNP, to communicate about visits of places of deprivation of liberty in Honduras. This invitation, coordinated with the support of the APT, 72