CAT/OP/KAZ/1/Add.1 74. However, such issues are discussed at meetings of the Coordinating Council and in other forums. At the National Preventive Mechanism Forum on 16 and 17 May 2017, it was recommended that, to raise public awareness of the work of the mechanism and the regional teams, their activities should be widely publicized, including during preventive visits and through interaction with the media. 75. Each year, the Coordinating Council under the Human Rights Commissioner prepares the consolidated report of the national preventive mechanism members of the preventive visits conducted, which provides an analysis of the current year’s activities and key issues related to the prevention of torture, with examples of cases of violations of citizens’ rights to freedom from torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. 76. The report is made public during an open presentation and dialogue between civil society and government agencies. The annual consolidated reports on the outcome of the mechanism’s activities over three years was presented in an international forum and coordinated with the tenth anniversary of the entry into force 77. of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Paragraph 31 The Subcommittee recommends that the State party raise awareness of the Optional Protocol and the mandate of the national preventive mechanism in order to increase the mechanism’s visibility. Recommendations issued by the mechanism should be widely discussed. Moreover, the mechanism should engage in legislative processes and advocacy, as encouraged under article 19 of the Optional Protocol. 78. In accordance with the law, after each preventive visit, the members of the national preventive mechanism send recommendations to the administration of the facility concerned and, in the case of special visits, to the procuratorial authorities. 79. In line with the plan of action for the implementation of the recommendations made during the universal periodic review and by the Human Rights Committee, the annual consolidated reports on the outcome of the activities of the national preventive mechanism in Kazakhstan are presented to the public at a conference, which offers the possibility of a constructive dialogue between government agencies and civil society (three reports, for 2014, 2015 and 2016, have been presented). 80. In November 2016, to support the national preventive mechanism in improving legislation, proposals were put to the Majilis on the further modernization of the Criminal Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure and the Penalties Enforcement Code; they had been drawn up with the participation of the Coordinating Council and members of the national preventive mechanism on the basis of an analysis of preventive visits conducted. 81. The Human Rights Commissioner and one member of the Coordinating Council sit on the Legal Policy Council, which discusses legislative initiatives from government agencies. 82. The members of the Coordinating Council of the national preventive mechanism participate in working groups under the Parliament and government agencies that discuss bills that have been drawn up; they also sit on the public councils attached to central and government agencies. 83. To raise public awareness of the work of the national preventive mechanism, it is present on social media and information on its activities is posted on the official website of the Human Rights Commissioner. Paragraph 32 The Subcommittee also recommends that the State party and the national preventive mechanism enter into a continuous dialogue, with a view to implementing the mechanism’s recommendations to improve the treatment and conditions of persons deprived of their liberty and to prevent torture and other ill-treatment or punishment. 10 GE.18-05420