3. Assessment of legislative acts Assessment of legislative acts, both those in force and those at the drafting stage, is a form of preventing torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. The national preventive mechanisms’ power to submit proposals and observations concerning existing or draft legislation to relevant authorities is provided for in Article 19(c) of the OPCAT. In 2016, the NMPT submitted observations concerning 6 draft legislative acts. All the observations were made available on the NMPT website under the tab Assessment of Legislative Acts. 13