2. Cases Referred Article 6-1 of the amended Law dated 30 October 2007, instituting the Contrôleur général of places of deprivation of liberty, provides that when natural or legal persons bring facts or situations to the attention of the CGLPL, which they consider to constitute an infringement or risk of infringement of the fundamental rights of persons deprived of liberty, the CGLPL may conduct verifications, on-site if necessary. The year 2015 was marked by the arrival of two new inspectors in charge of referrals, in March and April respectively. Through these recruitments, the Contrôleur général had two objectives: to reduce the response time to referrals addressed to the Contrôleur général of places of deprivation of liberty and to execute more verifications on site. While the average response time is still equivalent to that of 2014, efforts have been made by the team to achieve this goal. In addition, seven verifications were conducted on site during 2015. The inspectors in charge of the referrals, delegated by the Contrôleur général for conducting on-site verifications, benefit from the same prerogatives as at the time of visits: confidential interviews, access to any useful document necessary for properly understanding the situation brought to the knowledge of the CGLPL and access to all of the facilities. As part of these on-site verifications, medical privilege may be lifted under the conditions provided for in Article 81 of the amended Law dated 30 October 2007. This provision was not used during 2015 in this respect. When these visits have been completed and after having received the observations of the competent authorities with respect to the denounced situation, the Contrôleur général may make recommendations pertaining to the facts or situations to the person responsible for the place of deprivation of liberty concerned. These observations and recommendations may be made public. 74