NPM’s obligation to maintain a dialogue with SPT and emphasized the importance of the impact NPM must have on the society. • women and minors in detention places; The following issues were underlined: the importance of having as many female employees as possible, as well as proper ratio between the number of employees and the number of persons deprived from freedom; the importance of psychological assistance for minors, as the basis for their re-socialisation, so that there is no doubt that the young people will be fully reintegrated upon release; the assessment of the suicide risk must be emphasized, as well as the compatibility between persons deprived from freedom. • detention in police departments; respect for rights and monitoring police arrests Dr.BorysWods, head of the Department of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) argued that degrading treatment while in police custody should always be paid attention, as well as interrogation procedures: lawyers are not always present, there is a pressure to accept certain lawyers, who are friends of police officers; procedures do exist, but, when assessing results, they are close to zero. A change of attitude, a change of mentality is needed. Our leaders should send the message that NPMs and CPT approach torture prevention very seriously, in the entire world. • monitoring psychiatry hospitals; de-institutionalisation, rehabilitation and social inclusion, measures of constraint and compulsory treatment; The situation of Slovenian hospitals monitored by NPM was presented. The first issue pointed out was related to the system: there was no multi-institutional approach, the presence of the hospital in the community was not promoted, there were not many events for the integration of patients, there were no rehabilitation programmes, spare time activities, etc. Other aspects: medicines were cut so that one could not see when they expired; sometimes a single psychologist was employed for a lot of patients, so it was unrealistic to expect quality results; the patients’ beds were placed side by side, so that guidelines on personal space were not observed, there were no personal areas, bedside tables, wardrobes; some psychiatry hospitals were 89