Annual Report 2013 of the National Preventive Mechanism in previous years and of those in respect of which the answer of the responsible Authority was pending. 24 Recommendations, 105 Suggestions and 6 Reminders of Legal Duties 5. When the authorities fail to adopt corrective measures relating to the deficiencies recorded in the conclusions sent to them, the resolutions recognised to the Ombudsman, such as Recommendations, Suggestions or Reminders of Legal Duties, are used. Thus, in 2013 a total 24 Recommendations, 105 Suggestions and 6 Reminders of Legal Duties were issued, the state of acceptance or rejection of which is shown in the following graphics. Graphic 1 Recommendations, Suggestions and Reminders of Legal Duties issued Recommendations Suggestions Answer pending: 7 Not accepted: 6 Accepted: 92 Answer pending: 5 Not accepted: 6 Accepted: 13 Reminders of Legal Duties Answer pending: 1 Answered: 5 Unannounced visits 6. All visits made in 2013, other than six, were unannounced. Some of them were made at night and following the criterion of making photographs of the visited facilities, attached to the relevant record, some of which are included in this report. Coordination with the relevant area of the Ombudsman’s Office 16 7. If during the visits made by the NPM knowledge is obtained of the purported performance of an act that could be statutorily classified as torture, or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, the case is referred to the respective department of the Ombudsman’s Office for it to assess, if appropriate, whether to take the respective action, which would be recorded in the relevant annual report of the Ombudsman. Nevertheless, as was done last year, to make the report more consist-

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