• Thorough records and data are kept, indicating start and end times of seclusion and restraint periods and any efforts at less restrictive methods, and regularly analysed for trends in ages, ethnicities and gender. Going forward The Commission continues to hone its role as the coordinating NPM. It aims to provide more opportunities for monitoring staff from all NPMs to work together and discuss issues of mutual significance. Specifically, the Commission: • commits to providing common training for staff of the NPMs • is eager to prepare and more joint submissions, both domestically and internationally, on issues of relevance to OPCAT activities • organise public engagements for the NPMs as a group, and • will continue to raise and advocate for changes on systemic issues across detention settings. 8 Human Rights Commission