Section two Focus on detention issues common work. The NPM continued to enjoy a constructive relationship with the APT, which provided helpful advice to the NPM on a number of topics, and began meeting with the Secretariat of the Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody on a regular basis to discuss areas where work may be complementary. CQC, MWCS, RQIA and the NPM Secretariat spoke as part of a panel at the International Academy of Law and Mental Health, discussing their role in carrying out OPCATcompliant monitoring of places of mental health detention. The NPM participated in an expert meeting hosted by the University of Essex at which the findings of the CPT, in relation to mental health detention, were discussed. The Secretariat and Chair also attended an inaugural meeting of a UK ‘torture prevention network’ organised by University College London and SOAS University of London. Following this, a public panel event was convened at which the NPM Chair spoke about the work of the NPM. NPM members continued to exchange their experience with bodies from around the world who were interested in OPCAT implementation and detention monitoring: • CQC represented the NPM at a meeting in Germany organised by Action Mental Health, at which several NPMs discussed their approaches to monitoring mental health detention. • HIW attended a conference on ‘Monitoring homes for the elderly’ which was co-organised by the German and Austrian NPMs, as well as the Council of Europe. • HMICS provided advice and information to a prospective member of the Irish NPM regarding the monitoring of police custody. • A member of the HMI Prisons inspection team attended a conference in Vienna in late January on behalf of the NPM at the invitation of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime. The conference discussed inspection of the rules relating to work in the UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners and rehabilitation of prisoners. HMI Prisons also hosted a member of the Tunisian Commission for Prevention of Torture (the Tunisian NPM) to shadow an inspection, and visitors from the secondment programme run by the African Prisons Project to discuss the work of the NPM and prison inspection methodologies. • Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland attended a colloquium on NPM practices organised by the new Tunisian NPM and spoke about the experience of the NPM in monitoring conditions of detention for the most vulnerable. • IMB provided training support to the IMB in Jersey, and began developing links with the IMB on the Isle of Man. • The Engagement and Participation Officer of MWCS spoke to the Committee against Torture on the topic of involuntary detention. In addition, the MWCS Chief Executive attended the 2017 International Congress on Law and Mental Health and MWCS hosted a delegation from China, providing them with a presentation on forensic mental health services in Scotland. • The NPM Secretariat and several members of the NPM (IMB, ICVA, CQC, HMI Prisons, HMIPS, HMICS, SHGRC, 27