National dialogue Newsletters and press releases were distributed in connection with the publication of all visit reports in 2018, and the Ombudsman commented in the media on several of the reports from the NPM’s visits. A joint press conference was held with the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) at the end of the committee’s visit to Norway on 5 June. See the list of the NPM’s activities on page 68. Dialogue with the authorities In 2018, the NPM had meetings with the Ministry of Justice and Public Security, the Norwegian Directorate for Children, Youth and Family Affairs, and the National Police Directorate where a number of its findings and recommendations from its visits were discussed. Several meetings were held with the National Police Directorate on the possibility of retrieving statistics on police assistance at child welfare institutions, and the police’s use of coercive measures against children and young people in the care of the child welfare services. 59 A meeting was also held with a working group under the Directorate of Norwegian Correctional Service that is tasked with developing an action plan for preventing the use of isolation in the correctional services. The NPM was represented in meetings between the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and the Ministry of Justice and Public Security and the Ministry of Health and Care Services, which concluded the committee’s visit to Norway in May/ June 2018. Following up concrete findings from our visits is an important part of our dialogue with authorities. This mainly involves the institutions visited, but some issues are also raised with the responsible directorates and ministries. Read more about how recommendations from visits are followed up in Chapter 5. University of Oslo, lecture during Oslo Peace Days.