A Monitoring Guide 45 Monitoring bodies should also be aware that in contexts with deeply rooted homophobia and transphobia, openly LGBTI monitors may be at risk of harassment and abuse during visits. If monitoring teams include LGBTI monitors (and particularly if they are open about their sexual orientation or gender identity), primary consideration should be given to their safety and to ensuring that they are treated on equal basis with their peers, notably in terms of accessing facilities and avoiding discriminatory subjection to searches. When monitoring bodies are supported by boards or advisory councils, it is advisable that LGBTI expertise is adequately represented in the membership of these bodies. Good practice (I) Working team dedicated to LGBTI-related issues within monitoring bodies In Argentina, the Federal Ombudsman for Prisons (PPN – Procuración Penitenciaria de la Nación), which forms part of the NPM, established a working team on gender and sexual diversity. The creation of the working team enabled the PPN to bring visibility to the issue and to ensure that LGBTI detainees recognise it as a guardian of their fundamental rights. The establishment of the working group was premised on the conviction that it is the duty of a monitoring body to devote special attention to those who are likely to be most adversely impacted by imprisonment. The working team conducts weekly visits to prisons with special units for women and GBT detainees. It examines in particular issues relating to the implementation of legal provisions in detention settings, including the right to legal recognition of self-identified gender for trans detainees. The team also places special emphasis on the right of access to healthcare. The working team is responsible for ensuring that LGBTI issues are Chapter II perly account for the needs of LGBTI detainees, and liaise with civil society organisations, including with the purpose of strengthening the capacities of the team in this respect. The focal point should not be dependent on the presence of an LGBTI member in the team, but rather ought to be institutionalized in order to ensure sustainability.