ANNUAL REPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES OF THE NPM IN 2016 Α. ACTIVITIES OF THE NPM 26-29 January 2016: Visit of the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture to Cyprus 1-15 February 2016: Participation in a programme organised by the NGO “Future World Center” on alternative measures to detention 12 February 2016: Visit to the Lakatamia Police Detention Centre to monitor the process of implementation of recommendations 23 February 2016: Visit to the short-term detention area in the Nicosia Assize Court 03 March 2016: Submission of a Report on the short-term detention area in the Nicosia Assize Court 15 - 18 March 2016: Lecture held at the Police Academy as part of a recurrent training programme of Special Police Officers serving at the Immigration Detention Centre in Menoyia. 4 April 2016: Submission of a Consultation Paper on alternative measures to detention 12 April 2016: Lecture held at the Police Academy as part of a recurrent training programme of Special Police Officers serving at the Immigration Detention Centre in Menoyia. 07 April 2016: Visit to the Nisou Police Station to monitor the process of implementation of recommendations 17