Structure of the Report The introduction to the report describes the NMPT’s organizational structure, financing system, assessment of legislative acts, the NMPT’s national and international cooperation, as well as educational activities of the NMPT seeking to build the culture of non-acceptance of torture across the society. Part I explains the methodology of preventive visits, the problems in the NMPT’s fulfilment of its mandate, and the conclusions on the visits to places of detention. That part also discusses individual cases of violation of the rights of persons deprived of liberty, which reflect the existing threats to the system of protection of those persons’ rights. The chapter aims to identify the weaknesses of the system of protecting the rights of persons in detention, as their rights are not sufficiently protected due to such weaknesses. Compared to the NMPT’s previous annual reports, part II of this report has been extended by an analysis of the main pillars of the system of protecting the rights of persons deprived of their liberty, including protection against torture, and the role of national preventive mechanisms in the system. This is of particular importance in the context of the case of Igor Stachowiak8, in which police officers used torture against the detainee. Part II also contains a legal analysis of a new problem identified by the NMPT in one of the types of detention places visited. The problem, in 2016, was the use of direct coercion at the request of a psychiatric hospital patient. Part II of the report also mentions the NMPT’s activities planned for 2017 and the technical standards that should be met by places of detention in order to be adjusted to the needs of persons with disabilities. file no. in the CHR Office system: BPW.519.21.2016. 8 9