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5.4.1. Actions of the competent authorities taken in line with the
recommendations of the National Assembly of the Republic of
Serbia
By its conclusions, the National Assembly67 has obliged the competent authorities to comply
with the NPM recommendations, and to inform the National Assembly of their
implementation in writing. In line with the information available to the NPM, in the course of
the reporting period the competent authorities did not act in line with the recommendations of
the National Assembly.
5.5.
Dialogue with the public authorities
In order to implement all recommendations, presented in the reports on the visits conducted in
the course of 2015, and taking into account that in the past four years the NPM visited all police
administrations in the Republic of Serbia, the joint consideration of the set recommendation
was performed with the representatives of all police administrations in the Republic of Serbia.
Besides discussions about the further implementation of the NPM recommendations, the topic
of the dialogue was also acting in line with the recommendations of the European Committee
for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, sent in the
past reports on the visits. Dialogue was organized in the cooperation with the Ministry of the
Interior and Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
For the purpose of the improvement of the health care protection in the prisons and fulfilment
of the role of the doctors in the prevention of torture, as well as for the purpose of the
implementation of the recommendations issued in the reports on the visits to the institutions
for the enforcement of criminal sanctions, the NPM organized technical meeting dedicated to
the training of the medical staff.
5.6. Organization of events and promotions of the NPM/ prevention of
torture
In order to promote and protect the rights of the persons deprived of their liberty, the NPM
representatives participated in numerous conferences, roundtables, seminars and training
sessions in the course of 2015. Deputy Protector of Citizens took part in the 25th session of the
European Committee for the Prevention of Torture held in Strasbourg. The objective of that
session, besides presentation of the past experience of the Committee, was presentation of
challenges awaiting all State Parties signatories to the European Committee for the Prevention
of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment and Punishment in the future.
For the purpose of the improvement of the health-care protection in prisons, as well as of the
strengthening the role in the prevention of torture, the NPM organized technical convention
covering the topic “Role of a doctor in the health-care system in Serbia”, where doctors and
other medical workers working in the institutions for the enforcement of criminal sanctions
gathered for the first time. The convention was dedicated to the training of the medical staff
working in prisons in standards for the protection of human rights and prevention of torture in
prisons, and it was also a single opportunity for doctors from different institutions to exchange
their opinions, experience and doubts regarding the work with the prison population.
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