Implementation of Duties and Powers of the National Preventive Mechanism in 2010 The list of lawyers is kept on the website (intranet) of the Police. Only a few PPs have a list of lawyers in a printed form available for detained persons. These printed lists are often out of date (PP Postojna, PP Trbovlje and PP Sežana, which even keeps the list of lawyers of 3 May 2006). The DPM proposed they update the lists more often in the future (at least for the current year). The DPM proposed that the PP without a list of lawyer update it and make it available to detained persons in the room where they are staying. The rooms vary in terms of equipment with video- or audio surveillance. If a PP has a special room for lawyers, it is not video surveilled; however, if other rooms are used for this purpose, they are video surveilled, since they are also intended for the reception of detained persons. If the room is not equipped with a telephone, a lawyer can be called from the room intended for the police officer on duty. Walking areas These are intended for the walks of detained persons and smoking. Not all PPs not have a special walking area, which is particularly inadequate for PPs with rooms for longer detention (PP Dravograd). To this purpose, they use the PP courtyard and provide escort or personal surveillance. The walking areas are mostly of suitable size, but they vary in terms of coverage with roofing (uncovered, partially covered, completely covered) and enclosure (enclosed with a fence, unenclosed). They are equipped with video and audio surveillance (in some places, a warning was missing), ashtrays are provided, and are mostly clean. Rooms for foreigners In the visited PP, rooms for foreigners were mostly clean and adequately equipped, including poster and brochures on the rights of persons deprived of liberty in several languages, and different leaflets (UNHCR, PIC). We proposed that PPs where such things were not observed provide posters and brochures. Information for detained persons on their rights Some years ago, the Police issued a Letter on the Rights of a Person Deprived of Liberty in several languages, which was found in every visited PP. Unfortunately, it was not always in the place (detention rooms and lobbies) where it is most useful, and it sometimes took some time for police officers to find the brochure (PP Litija). The DPM pointed out to this deficiency during the visit, so that after the warning, the brochure was placed in a visible place next to the police officer on duty. Information on rights is also provided by means of special posters, which is commendable, but these should be replaced by a more recent version, since the old one does not mention the right to a doctor of one’s own choice. Also, pursuant to the recommendation of the Committee against Torture of 27 May 2003 stating that legislation and practice should provide all persons deprived of liberty with the right to an independent doctor, MNZ changed the previous version of the poster and replaced it with the updated one, but almost no police stations use the new one. The good practice of PP Trbovlje is also commendable; it was the only one to use the old poster and add the information that the detained person has the right to a doctor. National Preventive Mechanism in the Republic of Slovenia under the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 31