Annual Report 2019 2 About the National Preventive Mechanism The Dutch NPM is made up of all organisations with a supervisory or advisory role in the area of people deprived of their liberty. The NPM participants jointly hold all authorisations required of NPMs under the UN Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT) 8. All participants have their own duties, responsibilities and competences in accordance with the law. Some organisations do not take part in the NPM’s periodic consultations. The following organisations take part in the NPM consultations: • The Inspectorate of Justice and Security (which also serves as coordinator of the NPM network) • The Health and Youth Care Inspectorate • The Commissions of Oversight for Penitentiary Institutions 9 • The Commissions of Oversight for Police Custody 10 • The Detention Areas Supervisory Commission of the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee 11 The overview in Appendix I describes the competences of the various individual organisations. The organisations work together in areas where their supervisory competences overlap. The NPM organisations carry out their monitoring activities on the basis of existing assessment frameworks. The principles on the prevention of torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment are a standard component of these assessment frameworks. During the NPM consultations in 2019, discussions were held on whether the current composition of the NPM was still fit for purpose. A further investigation into this has not yet been completed. Parliamentary Papers TK 33826, No. 18 The sounding board group of the Commissions of Oversight for Penitentiary Institutions represents the Commissions of Oversight during NPM meetings. 10 The National Centre for the Commissions of Oversight for Police Custody represents the Commissions of Oversight during NPM meetings. 8 9 11 The Commission was reinstated at the end of 2017 with three new members. A fourth member joined in early 2019. 11 Table of conte