Overview of the National Preventive Mechanism • Violations of the obligation to wear a mask as well as social distancing at gatherings B) Own initiative statements of opinion of the Human Rights Advisory Council: • Accommodation of unaccompanied minor refugees • COVID-19: desirable target situation in fully-assisted living and residential institutions (retirement and nursing homes and facilities for persons with disabilities) • COVID-19: desirable target situation in psychiatric medical facilities, in facilities for the detention of mentally ill offenders, in institutions with a daily structure and partially assisted living as well as child and youth welfare institutions and facilities An internal video conference held by the Human Rights Advisory Council on 8 June 2020 dealing with the topic of partial failure to observe human rights when defining COVID-19 measures for homes and similar institutions preceded the latter two statements of opinion. Working groups In addition to these statements of opinion, working groups of the Human Rights Advisory Council also worked on the following topics in the year under review: • Involvement in creating an easy-to-read translation of the statement of opinion on barring orders and prohibitions to enter in-patient care facilities (title: “Was darf die Polizei?” – “What is the police allowed to do?”) • Medical care of administrative detainees • Comments on the commissions’ visit reports • Mandate and working methods of the Human Rights Advisory Council Monitoring priorities The Council also contributed to defining the monitoring priorities for the NPM for 2021 with their own recommendations along with remarks and additional suggestions. Advice During the COVID-19 pandemic in spring 2020, the Human Rights Advisory Council recommended on 30 April 2020 mobilising all available resources on in order to guarantee the maximum effectiveness of the NPM and to apply the “do no harm” principle to achieve the best possible protection of persons who had been deprived of their liberty or subjected to direct orders and coercive measures. Due to the pandemic, the members of the Human Rights Advisory Council, in their specific function, addressed the issues surrounding the restriction of fundamental rights and rights to freedom for the purpose of preventing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the NPM-relevant institutions during 23