ANNUAL REPORT OF NPM 2019 _______________________________________________________________________________________ International cooperation During the reporting period, NPM continued its international cooperation by attending the meetings organized by the South East Europe NPM Network, in the working group on Migration and Asylum of the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions (ENNHRI). Also, NPM continued the cooperation with the relevant international organizations by responding to the questionnaires sent regarding the condition of persons deprived of liberty and issues related to asylum and migration. During the reporting period, the NPM had good cooperation with the International Red Cross Office in Prishtina. Two meetings were held in the light of this cooperation, whereby in one of the meetings was addressed the issue of missing persons in Kosovo while in the second meeting was discussed about the adherence of fundamental human rights of persons deprived of liberty, based on visits to places of deprivation of liberty by both parties. The NPM representative attended the workshop organized by Migration, Asylum, Refugees Regional Initiative, on the topic: "Strengthening regional dialogue and cooperation on migration", held on March 28, 2019, in Prishtina. Upon the completion of the Council of Europe's project for strengthening the NPM, on 16 th of April 2019, the Council of Europe and the Ombudsperson Institution organized a closing conference, which was honoured by the presence of the President of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture, Mr. Mykola Gnatovsky. Furthermore, the Officials of the Council of Europe, at this conference, presented the project’s conclusions, whereby inter alia Kosovo’s NPM was recognized as the leading NPM in the Western Balkans. 51