the opcat activities to the Protocol. An annual schedule determines which countries the SPT is to visit. The European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment entered into force in 1989. Through the Convention, the Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) was established. Its main task is to visit regularly institutions in Europe where individuals may be held deprived of their liberty. All 47 member states of the Council of Europe have ratified the Convention. Swedish public agencies are obliged to cooperate with the SPT and CPT.3 The CAT reviews Sweden periodically every six years. In February 2017, the CAT posed a number of questions to the Swedish Government. In a letter, the CAT asked the Government, inter alia, whether Sweden has taken any measures to limit remand periods and about access to health and medical care for individuals deprived of their liberty.4 Sweden’s response was submitted to the CAT in November 2018.5 The review will continue with a dialogue meeting in 2020. 1.6 The Nordic NPM network The Nordic NPM network (formed in 2015) held two meetings in 2019. The meetings took place in Helsinki and Reykjavik. The theme of the meeting in Finland was homes for the elderly.6 The meeting in Iceland addressed various aspects of the conditions for patients subject to compulsory psychiatric care.7 1.7 Purpose of this report This report contains a summary of the observations made by the Parliamentary Ombudsmen in its OPCAT activities during 2019. In addition to details of last year’s inspection work, the report includes analyses aimed at identifying issues and areas that the work should focus on in the coming years. Therefore, this report should also be seen as a part of the preventive work. In 2019, the OPCAT activities focused on the domestic transportation of individuals deprived of their liberty. A special interim report on these transportations was presented in June 2019.8 A final report will be prepared in 2020. 3 Act relating to Sweden’s Accession to the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture, etc (1988:695). 4 See CAT/C/Eng/QPR/8. 5 See Sweden’s eighth periodic report to the UN Committee against Torture. 6 ��Are elderly people in social care homes deprived of their liberty?” 7 “Ethical issues regarding therapeutic treatment, an individual’s rights to privacy and security measures in secure settings – where do we draw the line?” 8 See Report from the OPCAT Unit 2019 – Theme Transportation. 11