At the premises of the MDDSZ, Deputy Ombudsman Ivan Šelih and the Ombudsman‘s adviser, mag. Jure Markič, attended the working meeting of the representatives of the social care institutions and psychiatric hospitals about the intolerable conditions due to overcrowding in secure wards. 4 June 2019 The Annual Report of the Human Rights Ombudsman and the Annual report on the implementation of the duties and powers of the NPM were discussed by the National Assembly’s Commission for Petitions, Human Rights and Equal Opportunities. 7 June 2019 At the MDDSZ, Deputy Ombudsman Ivan Šelih and the Ombudsman’s adviser, Ana Polutnik, attended a working meeting with the representatives of theMDDSZ, the Ministry of Health, Idrija Psychiatric Hospital and courts about the intolerable conditions due to overcrowding in secure wards. 11 June 2019 Between 11 and 12 June 2019, Deputy Ombudsman Ivan Šelih attended the first meeting of the SEE NPM Network in 2019 in Skopje in North Macedonia organised by the Human Rights Ombudsman of North Macedonia when implementing the tasks and powers of the NPM within the framework of their presidency of the network and with the assistance of OSCE. The purpose of the meeting was to exchange experience when forming policies for the prevention of retaliation as per Article 21 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia [Uradni list RS] – International Treaties, No. 20/2006), stating that no authority or official shall order, apply, permit or tolerate any sanction against any person or organisation for having communicated to the national preventive mechanism any information, whether true or false, and no such person or organisation shall be otherwise prejudiced in any way. 12 June 2019 The representative of the NPM, Robert Gačnik, the Ombudsman’s adviser, attended the 20th Days of Criminal Justice and Security in Dolenjske Toplice. Within the topic „Fundamental rights in police procedures“, Gačnik presented the findings of the NPM thematic visits to three border police stations in the second half of 2018 that were aimed at examining the allegedly unsuitable conduct of Slovenian police officers when dealing with foreigners. 13 June 2019 The Ombudsman’s adviser, Ana Polutnik, attended a conference held by Planina Residential Treatment Institution, where programmes and innovations were presented that were carried out in the institution within the project of comprehensive treatment of children with emotional and behavioural disorders. 83 3.2 OTHER ACTIVITIES OF THE NPM IN 2019 3 June 2019