At the House of the European Union in Vienna, Deputy Ombudsman Ivan Šelih and the Ombudsman’s adviser, Andreja Srebotnik, attended the final conference within the EU project, „Strengthening the rights of persons suspected or accused in criminal proceedings – the role of National Human Rights Institutions“. The project partners presented their research findings, and consultation sessions and discussions with key international experts in the relevant field and national human rights institutions were also held at the conference. The representatives of these institutions exchanged experience about enhancing and safeguarding the rights of persons suspected and accused in criminal procedures when dealing with individual complaints and when monitoring places of the deprivation of liberty. Deputy Šelih spoke about visiting police stations in the NPM role, and the findings and recommendations to improve the situation in this field. 24 October 2019 At the Ministry of Health, the representative of the NPM, mag. Jure Markič, attended a session of the working group for drafting amendments to the ZDZdr. 30 October 2019 At the Ministry of Health, Deputy Ombudsman Ivan Šelih and the representative of the NPM, mag. Jure Markič, attended a session of the working group for drafting amendments to the ZDZdr. 4 November 2019 On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT), Deputy Ombudsman Ivan Šelih as the Head of the Slovenian NPM, and Katarina Vučko, the representative of the Peace Institute, one of the NGOs participating in the implementation of the tasks and powers of the NPM, attended several events organised by the Council of Europe, the Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT) from Geneva and OSCE/ODIHR in Strasbourg, France, between 4 and 6 November 2019. Deputy Ombudsman Ivan Šelih and the representative of the Peace Institute, Katarina Vučko, particularly highlighted the participation of selected NGOs in the implementation of the tasks and powers of the NPM in Slovenia. 6 November 2019 At the consultation session entitled „Work with the Elderly“ in Ljubljana, the representative of the NPM, mag. Jure Markič, presented the NPM and findings on the use of special protection measures (SPM). 7 November 2019 The representative of the NPM, mag. Jure Markič, attended the session of the working group for drafting amendments to the ZDZdr. 8 November 2019 At the 11th conference on dementia, ASK 2019, organised by Spominčica – Alzheimer Slovenija in Nova Gorica, the representative of the NPM, mag. Jure Markič, spoke about the NPM thematic visit relating to fire safety in secure wards of retirement homes. 87 3.2 OTHER ACTIVITIES OF THE NPM IN 2019 24 October 2019