►the Questionnaire with concrete data on the number of children deprived from freedom in various situations, as of June 26, 2018, as well as in the last 10 years (during 2008-2017) was filled in, as requested by Ms LesellePanuncillo (assistant of the OHCHR team Department for National Institutions, Regional Mechanisms and Civil Society, Division for Field Operations and Technical Cooperation) and submitted to the Field regarding prevention of torture in detention places, pursuant to the letter of Mr Manfred Nowak, Leading independent expert of the “Global Study on Children Deprived from Freedom”, initiated upon invitation of the UN General Assembly. The questionnaire was filled in based on the information provided by authorities, such as: the Ministry of Justice and the National Administration of Penitentiaries (regarding children admitted in an educational or detention centre); the Ministry of Internal Affairs (regarding children who are detained, preventively arrested); the General Inspectorate for Immigration (regarding children deprived from freedom for migration-related reasons); the Ministry of Labour and Social Justice (regarding children deprived from freedom in residential centres for minors both public and private); the Ministry of Health, regarding children deprived from freedom in psychiatric institutions, including minors who are addicted to drugs, alcohol; the National Statistics Institute, regarding the estimated number of people residing in Romania for each of the last 10 years. Furthermore, information was mentioned on the visits performed by the Field regarding prevention of torture in detention places (NPM) during 2017-2018, in units where children are deprived from freedom, as well as the issued recommendations. We present some aspects mentioned in the questionnaire: ● children deprived from freedom as of June 26, 2018: • 39 children in police custody (detained or preventively arrested); • 120 children preventively arrested, in units subordinated to the National Administration of Penitentiaries; • 201 children in penitentiaries (minors subject to a final decision); • 2 children deprived from freedom for migration-related reasons (children who accompanied at least one of the parents or legal guardians against whom the public custody measure was enforced); • 1828 children who benefitted from residential services for children with 29