monitoring, including on thematic issues and specific places of deprivation of liberty, such as psychiatric institutions. 16. Highlight torture prevention, including NPMs’ recommendations, in OSCE/ ODHIR reports on country situations and other activities. 17. Conduct a survey on the impact of NPMs’ recommendations in the OSCE region on national and regional jurisprudence. 18. Facilitate continuous training and review of curricula for law enforcement officials regarding evidence-based investigations and control of use of force. Training should include modules on how to recognize and respond to the needs of persons in situations of vulnerability. 19. Support States in ensuring accountability for all ranks of law enforcement officials, including by monitoring the functioning of complaint mechanisms. In addition to the formulation of recommendations, the Vienna meeting also provided the mutual knowledge of the various participants, all representatives of NPM that shared common concerns and needs. • An element of the Coordination Commission also participated in a Workshop on Strengthening the effective implementation and follow-up of recommendations by torture monitoring bodies in the European Union,, which took place on 10 November 11, in Bristol. This NPM meeting was organized by the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute in Vienna, and the Human Rights Implementation Centre of the University of Bristol, within a project with funding from the European Union. Purposely gathering a small number of NPM (United Kingdom, Malta, Estonia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland and Portugal), once similar initiative took place last October in Vienna, with the presence of other national representations. The project will end in April 2015, with a new workshop, bringing together all the participating institutions. In addition, representatives of the SPT, CPT, APT, Amnesty International and Open Society Justice Initiative also attended the workshop. The work took place in plenary, but split into two groups on the first day. The limited number of participants allowed active participation, and it can be said that every question earned widespread appreciation. There was a presentation about the developments in the Portuguese NPM, particularly in terms of implementation and first visits. 34 |