Section two The NPM in 2018-19 • H MICS was invited to Ireland by the Irish Penal Reform Trust to advise on setting up an NPM. HMICS spoke at two events, on human rights in detention and on the potential scrutiny bodies in Ireland who may be designated as members of the Irish NPM. • During 2018, the IMB was asked by the Office of the Deputy Governor of the Cayman Islands to advise on an independent board to monitor detention on the islands. The national chair and a member of the IMBs’ national training team provided information, carried out an exploratory visit and produced a report for the Deputy Governor’s office. Two members of the national training team then provided training to the recently appointed monitoring team in the Cayman Islands, and the Cayman board chair attended an IMB board leadership course. • The Northern Ireland Policing Board welcomed representatives from the Jamaican Civilian Oversight Authority to Northern Ireland in July 2018 and gave a comprehensive introduction on the oversight role of independent police custody visiting. In February 2019 representatives from the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in Armenia Project visited the Police Service Northern Ireland for a three-day visit, and the NIPBICVS contributed a discussion on volunteer oversight in police custody. • IMBNI organised visits from a representative from the Prisoner Ombudsman’s Office in New Zealand and a representative from the Northern Australia Aboriginal Justice Agency visited Hydebank Wood to look at the implementation of OPCAT in the UK. 53