Other contacts and activities
segregate inmates by gender and detention regime in the cell corridor and highlighted the importance of cell monitoring. Enquiries
such as these will in the future enable the Commission to contribute to an infrastructure that safeguards human and fundamental
rights already in the planning phase.
f.
Police trainings
The Commission presented its methodology and procedures in
connection with the accompaniment of forced returns by air at two
police training sessions held by the Zurich Cantonal Police.
3.3 Other organisations
The new Commission Chair as well as the new head of Secretariat took the opportunity to contact various civil society organisations and individuals active in the promotion of human and fundamental rights as well as in migration in Switzerland and to exchange
views on current key issues.
3.4 International contacts
a.
European Border and Coast Guard Agency Frontex
In November, the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) invited the Commission to attend a virtual
workshop on ‘Children in Returns’ as part of the ‘Forced Return
Monitoring III’ project. The aim of the one-day workshop was to
improve the child protection awareness of those responsible for
monitoring forced returns where children are present. Children require special protection during returns.
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