1.2 COOPERATION WITH NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS 1.2 COOPERATION WITH NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS Article 5 of the MOPPM determines that the duties and powers of the NPM are to be implemented by the Ombudsman. It also stipulates that non-governmental organisations (NGOs) registered in the Republic of Slovenia and organisations which hold the status of humanitarian organisations in the Republic of Slovenia and which deal with the protection of human rights or fundamental freedoms, particularly in the field of preventing torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, may participate with the Ombudsman in the supervision of places of detention and in the examination of the treatment of persons deprived of their liberty. The organisations implementing supervision together with the Ombudsman’s office are selected by the Ombudsman on the basis of a public call. Cooperation with the selected NGOs is laid down in more detail in agreements. The MOPPM also stipulates that the persons from selected organisations which will be participating in the implementation of the duties and powers of the NPM have to provide a preliminary written statement that when implementing these duties and powers they will observe the Ombudsman’s instructions and regulations regarding the protection of personal and confidential data, which are also applicable to the Ombudsman, deputies and staff. The MOPPM also determines that the costs and remuneration of persons from organisations conducting tasks or implementing the powers of the NPM together with the Ombudsman are covered by the Ombudsman from its budget headings according to the rules issued on the basis of the prior consent of the minister responsible for 8 finance. 9 Based on the public call , the following non-governmental organisations were selected at the beginning of 2019 for cooperation until 31 December 2021 with the possibility of a one-year extension: Novi paradoks (NP) with four members, Humanitarno društvo Pravo za VSE (Pravo za VSE) with seven members, Caritas Slovenia (Caritas) with two members, SKUP – Community of Private Institutes (SKUP) with five members, Legal-Informational Centre for NGOs – PIC (PIC) with four members, the Peace Institute (MI) with five members, the Slovenian Federation of Pensioners’ Associations (ZDUS) with seven members and now also with Spominčica – Alzheimer Slovenija (Spominčica) with four members and the Slovenian Foundation for UNICEF (UNICEF) with three members. The selected NGOs conduct their tasks and powers with their representatives (a total of 41 persons from nine selected non-governmental organisations attended visits in 2019) who are qualified for individual supervision fields and participate as members of the group appointed by the Ombudsman for each visit individually. Every group implementing supervision is thus composed of representatives of the Ombudsman and the selected organisations who observe the programme of visits adopted by the Ombudsman in cooperation with the selected organisations. If necessary, other circumstances demanding an immediate visit are also taken into account.1.3 The new Rules were published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia [Uradni list RS], No. 13/17. 9 The public call was published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia [Uradni list RS], No. 84/18. 8 8 THE REPORT OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN OF THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA ON IMPLEMENTING THE TASKS OF THE NPM