National Preventive Mechanism Ninth Annual Report 2017–18 2018 Article 19 compliance 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 79.67% 86.11% 87.18% 19(a) 19(b) 19(c) 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Not currently compliant NPM members reported the highest level of compliance with powers to submit comments on existing and draft legislation. This increased to 87.2% from 85.3% in 2016–17 and 71.9% in 2015–16. Members reported similar levels of compliance in relation to the power to examine the treatment of those deprived of their liberty over the last three years: 79.7% compliance in 2017–18; 81.1% compliance in 2016–17; and 80.8% compliance in 2015–16. The level of reported compliance with the ability to make recommendations has fallen across the last three years from a high of 92.4% in 2015–16 to 86.1% in 2017–18. 36 Partially compliant Fully compliant Specific findings • All members continued to report full compliance with the requirement to ensure that any confidential information acquired during their work is protected (Q 1.56) and in making recommendations to the relevant authorities with the aim of improving the treatment and conditions of persons deprived of their liberty and to prevent torture and ill-treatment (Q 1.2). All members also reported that they were fully compliant in relation to the following questions: that their visits reports focus on the most important issues (Q 1.28); and that they have established a simple and accessible procedure to provide