39. 28 September The Ombudsman met with mag. Damjan Florjančič, President of the Supreme 2017 Court of the Republic of Slovenia, Supreme Court Judge Mateja Končina Peternel, and Adviser to the President of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Slovenia, Rado Brezovar. The Deputy Ombudsmen, Ivan Šelih and Miha Horvat, the Director of the Expert Service of the Human Rights Ombudsman, Martina Ocepek, and the Ombudsman’s adviser, Liana Kalčič, also attended the meeting. The discussion focused on issues that the Ombudsman had emphasised in the Special Report on the violation of human rights of people with mental disorders with regard to involuntary placement and involuntary treatment in secure departments of social care institutions. All agreed that the state authorities do not adequately react to the numerous recommendations of the Ombudsman and the judicial branch of power, and that overcrowding in these departments violates the human rights and fundamental freedoms of people with mental disorders. They expressed their hope that the discussion of the Special Report in the National Council and the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia might contribute to a more appropriate resolution of these issues and the respect for personal dignity. 40. 3 October The Ombudsman’s adviser, Ana Polutnik, travelled to Vienna to attend a meeting 2017 of the European Forum of National Preventive Mechanisms on the subject of setting up a database on detention. 41. 3 October The Human Rights Ombudsman, Vlasta Nussdorfer, the Deputy Ombudsmen, 2017 Ivan Šelih, Dr Kornelija Marzel, and Miha Horvat, and the Director of the Expert Service of the Human Rights Ombudsman, Martina Ocepek, actively participated in a meeting of the Commission for Petitions, Human Rights and Equal Opportunities, where the 22nd regular Annual Report of the Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia for 2016, the Report on the Implementation of the Duties and Powers of the National Preventive Mechanism in 2016, and the Special Report on the violation of human rights of people with mental disorders with regard to involuntary placement and involuntary treatment in secure departments of social care institutions were discussed. Meeting of members of the National Preventive Mechanism with the representatives of non-governmental organisations cooperating with the Ombudsman in the implementation of the duties and powers of the NPM. 32 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DUTIES AND POWERS OF THE NPM IN 2017 NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM UNDER THE OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE UN CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT