NORWEGIAN PARLIAMENTARY OMBUDSMAN National Preventive Mechanism ANNUAL REPORT 2020 70 WHEN ACTIVITY 22 September Meeting with the Norwegian Institute of Public Health concerning infection control standards for visits under the prevention mandate. 25 September Lecture concerning living conditions for persons with intellectual disabilities in Norway, by Jan Tøssebro, Professor of Social Research at NTNU. 6 October Lecture concerning conversation methodology and interviews with persons with intellectual disabilities, by the habilitation services at OUS. 12 October Meeting with the Advisory Committee concerning the NPM’s visits to care homes and housing facilities for persons with intellectual disabilities. 13 October Lecture concerning systematic reviews, supervision and supervision methodology in connection with chapter 9 decisions in municipal health and care services, by legal professional Liv-Sara Birkeland. 15 October Conference on geriatric care and COVID-19, organised by the Norwegian Hospital and Health Service Association. 29 October Idea exchange meeting on NOU 2020: 5 Equality under the law – the law concerning support for legal assistance. Digital meeting organised by NIM. 2 November Meeting with Jussbuss on free legal assistance and de facto solitary confinement. 9 November Experience exchange with the Norwegian Directorate for Children, Youth and Family Affairs (Bufdir) on the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic for persons with intellectual disabilities. 10 November Meeting with the Norwegian Board of Health Supervision on supervision methodology for care homes and housing for persons with intellectual disabilities. 11 November Digital meeting in NIM Advisory Committee concerning climate changes and human rights, and lectures on freedom of expression. 16 November Lecture on the prohibition of torture for law students at the University of Oslo, organised by Amnesty law group. 18 November Meeting with the supervisory board for the police immigration detention centre at Trandum, concerning the supervisory board’s work and the situation at Trandum. 18 November Internal lecture by Kirsten Sandberg on rulings by the Supreme Court and Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights relating to Norwegian child welfare. 19 November Meeting with the Ministry for Children and Families concerning the NPM’s work in the child welfare sector and findings in other sectors affecting children and adolescents. 19 November TryggEst conference 2020 on the results of the pilot project TryggEst – a holistic model for prevention, uncovering and management of violence and abuse of vulnerable adults.