PRISONS AND RADEČE JUVENILE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY ALIENS CENTRE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS (INCLUDING THE FORENSIC UNIT) RETIREMENT HOMES RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT INSTITUTIONS SPECIAL EDUCATION, WORK AND CARE CENTRES TOTAL NUMBER OF VISITS 27 7 1 2 19 4 3 63 NUMBER OF ONE-DAY VISITS 27 6 1 2 19 4 3 62 NUMBER OF TWO-DAY VISITS 1 1 ANNOUNCED VISITS 1 1 UNANNOUNCED VISITS 27 7 1 1 19 REGULAR VISIT 27 7 1 1 1 37 1 12 13 CONTROL VISIT THEMATIC VISIT MORNING 6 27 7 AFTERNOON ATTENDED BY AN EXPERT 1 2 4 4 3 3 13 6 2 1.3 VISITS TO PLACES OF DEPRIVATION OF LIBERTY POLICE STATIONS AND POLICE DETENTION CENTRE Details on visits in 2019 are provided in the table below: 6 62 13 50 4 3 13 8 When implementing the tasks and powers of the NPM, the Ombudsman engages experts with the widest range of recommended specialist knowledge. Since selected NGOs cannot provide certain other suitable experts and because the Ombudsman does not have the services of an expert in the field of medical care, certain external experts had to be engaged. On the basis of a public call for proposals for the purpose of recruiting doctors/experts to help the Ombudsman to establish, clarify or evaluate evidence of torture or other forms of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, or to support the Ombudsman during visits to places of deprivation of liberty with suitable expert knowledge which the Ombudsman lacks, the Ombudsman selected doctors/experts. In 2019, we continued our cooperation with Dr Peter Pregelj, specialist/psychiatrist, and Dr Milan Popovič, specialist in general surgery. An individual expert selected from the list by the Ombudsman as per the type and place of an individual visit performs their tasks in accordance with the orders and instructions of the Ombudsman and in cooperation with the Ombudsman’s expert colleagues by participating in planned visits and providing written replies to the Ombudsman’s questions in the role of the NPM and providing their own findings, particu- 11