Pa r t i . juvenile detention centres and juvenile shelters, representatives of academia and the Ombudsman for Children as well as the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights. The meeting was aimed at discussing the most frequent recommendations issued as a result of visits carried out by bodies and organisations which are qualified to do so. Another one was a conference held by the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights. During the conference, findings of two-year work of HFHR experts were presented. It was aimed at identifying problems in the functioning of juvenile facilities. It should be noted that numerous irregularities coincided with findings made by OHRD employees during preventive visits. A representative of the NPM gave a lecture at another conference organised by the HFHR, entitled “Good Prison Practices. Symptomatic Treatment?”, presenting prison practises which were identified during preventive visits and which are worth following. The last event was the 7th seminar on “Security Measures in Psychiatry”, entitled “Social and Societal Status of an Interned Patient in View of the Threat of Committing Offenses of Significant Social Harm”, held by the Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology in Warsaw12. 4. International activity The Human Rights Defender’s activity in the capacity of the National Preventive Mechanism is one of the areas of international cooperation of the Defender. The representatives of the National Preventive Mechanism participated in numerous conferences, training courses and workshops held, among others, in Trier13, Brno14, Tashkent15, Vilnius16, Banja Luka17, Brčko18, https://www.rpo.gov.pl/pl/content/przedstawicielki-zespo%C5%82u-krajowy-mechanizm-prewencji-wzi%C4%99%C5%82y-udzia%C5%82-w-seminarium-pt-%E2%80%9Estatus 13 https://www.rpo.gov.pl/pl/content/dyrektor-zespo%C5%82u-krajowy-mechanizm-prewencji-justyna-r%C3%B3%C5%BCa-lewandowska-wzi%C4%99%C5%82-udzia%C5%82-w 14 https://www.rpo.gov.pl/pl/content/pracownicy-krajowego-mechanizmu-prewencjiwzi%C4%99li-udzia%C5%82-w-dwudniowym-spotkaniu 15 https://www.rpo.gov.pl/pl/content/marcin-kusy-%E2%80%93-przedstawiciel-krajowego-m echanizmu-prewencji-uczestniczy%C5%82-jako-ekspert-w 16 https://www.rpo.gov.pl/pl/content/przedstawicielka-kmp-magdalena-filipiak-wzi%C4%99 %C5%82-udzia%C5%82-w-mi%C4%99dzynarodowej-konferencji 17 https://www.rpo.gov.pl/pl/content/przedstawiciel-zespo%C5%82u-krajowy-mechanizmu-p rawencji-wojciech-sadownik-wzi%C4%85%C5%82-udzia%C5%82-w 18 https://www.rpo.gov.pl/pl/content/przedstawiciel-zespo%C5%82u-krajowy-mechanizmu-p rawencji-wojciech-sadownik-wzi%C4%85%C5%82-udzia%C5%82-w-0 12 13