1.8 Review of the Visits of the NPM in 2013 1.8 Review of the Visits of the NPM in 2013 Date Location Participant Name Organiser 21 January 2013 Šentjur pri Celju Ivan Šelih, Deputy Ombudsman, and Miha Horvat, Ombudsman’s adviser Control visit of the Šentjur pri Celju police station The Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia 23 January 2013 Postojna Robert Gačnik, Ombudsman’s adviser, and Katja Sodja (the Primus Institute). Control visit of the Aliens Center in Postojna The Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia 29 January 2013 Ig pri Ljubljani Robert Gačnik, Andreja Srebotnik, dr. Ingrid Russi-Zagožen, Ombudsman’s advisers, and Katja Sodja (the Primus Institute) Visit to Ig Prison The Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia 30 January 2013 Trebnje dr. Ingrid Russi-Zagožen and Simona Šemen, MSc, Ombudsman’s advisers, and Ana Cajnko (Slovene Federation of Pensioners’ Associations) and Branka Pondelek (the Primus Institute) Visit to Trebnje Home for the Elderly The Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia 14 February 2013 Laško and Celje Robert Gačnik, Ombudsman’s adviser, and Miha Nabergoj (Legal Information Centre of NGOs-PIC) Visit to Laško and Celje police stations The Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia 18 February 2013 Škofja Loka Miha Horvat and Jure Markič, Ombudsman’s advisers Visit to Centre for the Blind, Visually Impaired and the Elderly in Škofja Loka The Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia 19 February 2013 Dob pri Mirni Robert Gačnik, Ombudsman’s adviser, and Katja Piršič (the Primus Institute) Visit to Dob pri Mirni Prison, Puščava Open Unit The Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia 12 March 2013 Ravne na Koroškem and Slovenj Gradec Robert Gačnik, Ombudsman’s adviser, and Branka Pondelek (the Primus Institute) Visit to Ravne na Koroškem and Slovenj Gradec police stations The Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia 19 March 2013 Maribor Robert Gačnik, Ombudsman’s adviser, and Katja Sodja (the Primus Institute) Visit to Maribor Prison, Rogoza Open Unit The Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia 26 March 2013 Ljubljana Brigita Urh and Petra Tovornik, Ombudsman’s advisers Visit to Malči Belič Youth The Human Care Center Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DUTIES AND POWERS OF THE NPM IN 2013 NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM UNDER THE OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE UN CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT 145