Visit Methodology Assessment tool paragraph NO Partial YES Comments 145. Do recommendations have a preventive focus, addressing systematic gaps and practices (including root causes)? 31    146. Are recommendations feasible in practice? 31    147. Are recommendations appropriately focused, precise and free from complication so as to avoid confusion in the dialogue about their implementation? 31    148. Has the NPM, based on experience, developed a strategy for the use of its report? 32    149. Does this strategy include submission to relevant official bodies and the Government for dissemination, dialogue and, possibly, publication for the purpose of alerting wider society? 32    150. Does the NPM regularly verify the implementation of recommendations? 33    151. Does the NPM verify implementation through continuous contacts and, if necessary, follow-up visits to problematic institutions? 33    152. Does it verify implementation based on other relevant information from. e.g., Human Rights bodies, governmental institutions and civil society? 33    153. Has the NPM put in place a clear ‘impactorientated’ follow-up strategy? 33    154. Has the NPM developed the practices and tools necessary for implementing the strategy? 33    155. Does the NPM maintain a constructive dialogue with the relevant government authorities regarding implementation of recommendations? 34    156. Does the NPM maintain a constructive dialogue with the directors or managers of the places of detention regarding implementation of recommendations? 34    157. Does the NPM maintain a constructive dialogue with the supervising authorities of the addressees of the recommendations? 34    158. Does the dialogue involve both written and oral exchanges? 34    159. Are addressees of the recommendations required, at the request of the NPM, to develop a concrete policy or plan of action for commencement of reform where needed? 34    160. Are there instances where the NPM recommends that authorities immediately put an end to certain practices and initiate a criminal investigation? 34    161. Are visit reports, including recommendations, published? If yes, please give links to the webpage. 35    162. Are annual reports published? If yes, please give links to the webpage. 35    163. Does the annual report include recommendations for change? 35    Follow-up on SPT’s and own recommendations for changes 60 I PREVENTING TORTURE: THE ROLE OF NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISMS – A PRACTICAL GUIDE