Sy s tem i c thinking in pr ev entiv e h u m an rig hts m on itor ing - A Dossier for National Preventive Mechanisms- AUTHORS This Dossier was written by Walter Suntinger and Moritz Birk, Experts in Preventive Monitoring and Systemic Consultants to the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Fundamental and Human Rights. The Dossier was developed in the framework of the EU Project “Improving judicial cooperation across the EU through harmonized detention standards - the role of National Preventive Mechanisms” implemented by the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Fundamental and Human Rights (Austria), in cooperation with the Hungarian Helsinki Committee (Hungary), the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee (Bulgaria) and the Associazione Antigone (Italy). ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The authors would like to thank all NPMs representatives and other stakeholders who participated in the consultations conducted in the framework of this project. We greatly appreciate their inputs and feedback to the presentation of the systemic approach during the workshops. Special thanks also go to Giuliana Monina, Head of the Human Dignity and Public Security Programme Line of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Fundamental and Human Rights, for reviewing the draft. Vienna, March 2021