55 National Dialogue Additionally, the NPM has provided input to ongoing research and evaluation projects. We have participated in a reference group as part of a research project on so-called “enetiltak” where children are placed to live alone with adult staff, and substance abuse treatment in child welfare, under direction of Oslo Metropolitan University and Østfold University College, and a research project on women inmates in need of healthcare, under direction of the Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law, University of Oslo. Information work, knowledge dissemination and teaching in 2020 The Ombudsman and the NPM staff have contrib­ uted with presentations at several events through­ out the year. The NPM took part in a debate on body searches in prisons organised by Jussbuss. The debate was set up in the wake of a judgement at Gulating Court of Appeal. In the judgement, it was determined that Bergen Prison had subjected a person remanded in custody to degrading treatment in violation of the European Convention on Human Rights article 3, by carrying out routine naked body searches in a humiliating manner. Findings from the Ombudsman's visits to prisons over several years indicate that a large number of inmates are subjected to this type of body search. For an exhaustive list of seminars and webinars, see Activities 2020. The NPM has also been involved in teaching of Bachelor degree students at the University College of Norwegian Correctional Service (KRUS) concern­ ing solitary confinement and the mental health of inmates, and in connection with supplementary education for psychology specialists, concerning human rights, coercion in mental healthcare and on the work of the NPM. Selected presentations: › Panel debate on body searches, organised by Jussbuss › Lecture on the prohibition of torture, for law students at the University of Oslo, organised by Amnesty law group › Control Commission conference, webinar organised by the Directorate of Health › Norwegian Correctional Service's isolation conference

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