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
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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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