4.16. Conclusions from the Round Table - Establishing the NPM / Challenges REPUBLIC OF SERBIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN AND MINORITY RIGHTS, PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT The Directorate for Human and Minority Rights Belgrade The Conclusions from the Round Table Discussion on “Establishing the National Mechanism for Prevention of Torture in the Republic of Serbia and the Challenges of Future Cooperation“ held on 14 November 2011 in Belgrade I In order for the Ombudsman to be able to commence efficient performance of the role of National Mechanism for Prevention of Torture, the following conditions need to be met: • administrative capacity building in the Ombudsman’s Professional Service with another four job positions, • providing premises and equipment for the work of its staff, • providing an adequate vehicle for continous visits paid to the institutions where persons deprived of liberty are placed, • providing special funds within the Ombudsman's budget earmarked for covering the expenses of the National Mechanism for Prevention of Torture, primarily for paying the staff's salaries and other income, fees for hired experts and non-governmental organisations taking part in the visits and reporting, fuel costs and other expenditures incurred in efficient performance of duties that the National Mechanism for Prevention of Torture has. II Establishing the National Mechanism for Prevention of Torture should not have any negative impact on the access of other international and domestic bodies and civil sector representatives to the places of detention, or limit the actions of the existing mechanisms for monitoring the human rights situation of persons deprived of liberty. III In order to enable the National Mechanism for Prevention of Torture to perform thee duties under its competences it is necessary that: The Government of the Republic of Serbia • Ministry of the Interior, especially the Police Directorate, Internal Audit Sector, all police administrations and stations, • Ministry of Justice, especially the Directorate for Enforcement of Penal Sanctions, • Ministry of Health, especially the specialised hospitals for mental diseases and the Specialised Hospital for Addiction Diseases, • Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, especially the stationary institutions of social welfare, • Ministry of Defence,