Hospitals and psychiatric institutions Angelegenheiten und den Gerichtsbetrieb, iFamZ 2020, issue 2, p. 68 et seq.). The possibility of using video telephony or other forms of communication was expressly defined in the legislation in order to facilitate the rapid and risk-free participation in and holding of the proceedings without personal attendance. The recommendation of the NPM for an immediate improvement of the technical equipment was followed by enabling the department to hold all assistants conferences, work meetings and also patient contact online. Based on the observations of the NPM as well as of some of its members in a working group, the Human Rights Advisory Council also dealt with the COVID-19 preventive measures to be set, and provided a basis for discussion. This was considered suitable for publishing on the AOB website. X Even during a pandemic, close relatives and persons of trust shall have the opportunity to get a direct personal impression of how patients are – and not only via video telephony. X At most, visitors shall be given the same PPE as is used by the staff. X The isolation of minors who are suspected of being infected in their rooms until their COVID-19 test result is available shall be imposed by health authorities. This shall be prohibited for minors without a medically verified suspicion of infection due to the lack of a legal basis. X Video contact opportunities shall be guaranteed. Legal proceedings for involuntary hospitalisation in relation to restrictions to freedom shall be held without delay. The management of hospitals is responsible for the relevant IT equipment. X Preventing personal contact between a parent and a child shall be the absolute exception. Every possible contact opportunity that does not put the child’s welfare at risk shall be used when children are in in-patient care. X Telephone times shall be extended if a restriction of visiting hours is urgently necessary. 2.2.4 Not enough in-patient care places available Child and adolescent psychiatric care Organisations such as the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC/C/ AUT/CO/5-6 of February 2020), the Ombudspersons for children and youths in the Laender (Supplementary Report by the Ombuds Offices for Children and Youths in Austria to the 5th and 6th Report of the Republic of Austria to the United Nations pursuant to Article 44 (1)b of the Convention on the Rights of the Child) as well as the NPM (list of recommendations 2012–2019) have repeatedly pointed out that there are not enough in-patient care places for children and adolescents with mental disorders in Austria. According to a study by the Austrian Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy – ÖGKJP (based on data from 51