International activity
Commissioner for Human Rights, including the National Preventive Mechanism Team,
operates.
The activity of NPM was also presented to the representatives of the Superior Council
of Judiciary of Mongolia during their stay in Poland174.
The representative of the National Preventive Mechanism attended a meeting of experts
in the area of protecting the rights of persons with disabilities from the Visegrad Group and
West Balkans175, organized by the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights and the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland. The meeting was held at the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights between 14 and 15 Setpember.
Also in September, a meeting of Ms Mari Amos – a representative of SPT and the
Commissioner for Human Rights, the Deputy Commissioner, and the “National Preventive
Mechanism” Team took place at the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights176. The
meeting concerned the cooperation of the National Preventive Mechanism and the Subcommittee, the financing of NPM, and its development.
As part of the international cooperation, a meeting of the representatives of NPM from
the Polish and Estonian Office of the Estonian Ombudsman took place in November at the
Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights. During the first day of the study visit, the
guests met the Deputy Commissioner for Human Rights and learned the theoretical aspects
of operation of the Polish NPM, including the types of facilities inspected by the National
Preventive Mechanism, where minors are placed, as well as the methodology of work of
the Team177. On the second day of the visit to Poland, the guests from Estonia attended an
inspection at the Youth Sociotherapy Centre in Podcierń, and on the third day they accompanied the Polish NPM during an inspection at the Shelter for Minors and Juvenile
Detention Centre in Warsaw-Falenica. The summary of the visit took place of 06 November 2015. The teams from both countries shared their observations and recommendations
concerning the inspected centres.
In the course of the study visits at the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights, a
delegation of the National Human Rights Commission of the Republic of Korea was one of
the guests. The guests also attended two inspections of the National Preventive Mechanism
in two facilities in the Małopolskie region178.
https://www.rpo.gov.pl/pl/content/wizyta-delegacji-z-mongolii
https://www.rpo.gov.pl/pl/content/spotkanie-sieci-ekspertow-v4-balkany-zachodnie-dot-ochrony-praw-osob-z-niepelnosprawnosciami
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https://www.rpo.gov.pl/pl/content/spotkanie-z-przedstawicielka-spt-mari-amos
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https://www.rpo.gov.pl/pl/content/wizyta-studyjna-kmp-z-estonii
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https://www.rpo.gov.pl/pl/content/wizyta-delegacji-z-komisji-praw-czlowieka-republiki-korei
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