visit conducted by the national preventive mechanism. The report should focus on prevention and on identifying the problems that exist and proposing solutions in the form of recommendations. These recommendations must be concrete and well-founded, should be directed towards developing preventive measures to deal with shortcomings in systems and practices, and should be practicable. 32.The NPM should develop a strategy for presenting its visit reports to the authorities for publication and distribution and for using them as a platform for dialogue. Pursuant to paragraph 36 of the SPT Guidelines on NPMs, the Subcommittee recommends that the NPM set up mechanisms for following up on its recommendations and that it do es this, insofar as possible, in conjunction with the authorities. 33 .The Subcommittee hopes that its recent advisory visit and the present report will mark the commencement of a constructive dialogue with the NPM of the Republic of Moldova. The Subcommittee stands ready to assist the NPM as far as it is able in the common goal of prevention of torture and ill-treatment with a view to translating commitments into the reality.

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