Nowak, former UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Malcolm Evans, Chair of the SPT, Trevor Stevens, former Executive Secretary of the CPT, and Barbara Bernath, member of the Bureau of the APT. The afternoon session focused on the national follow-up of international recommendations, and included presentations and discussions by Jøran Kallmyr, State Secretary at the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and Public Security, Helga Fastrup Ervik, NPM Division Head at the Norwegian Parliamentary Ombudsman, Elin Saga Kjørholt, Norway’s National Institution for Human Rights, Thomas Horn, Norwegian Bar Association, and Bjørn Engesland, Secretary General of the Norwegian Helsinki Committee and Head of the Norwegian NGO forum. The conference was closed by Parliamentary Ombudsman Aage Thor Falkanger. Georg Høyer, CPT member in respect of Norway, gave a presentation on healthcare services for persons deprived of their liberty. The event was attended by some 150 participants from various ministries, from the police and prison services, the Ombudsman’s Ofce, the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, universities and various NGOs. 39. An international conference on “Global, regional and national mechanisms for the prevention of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment: learning from one another” was held in Riga (Latvia) on 12-13 November 2014. It was organised by the Latvian Centre for Human Rights and supported by the European Commission, the CPT and the Open Society Foundation. The conference was opened by Jānis Iesalnieks, Parliamentary Secretary for Justice of Latvia, Lәtif Hüseynov, President of the CPT, and Anhelita Kamenska, Director of the General Report of the CPT, 2013-2014 ► Page 18 Latvian Centre for Human Rights, and was chaired by Ilvija Pūce, CPT member in respect of Latvia. The frst day of the conference aimed at assessing the impact of the CPT and other human rights mechanisms on the developments in prisons and police detention facilities in Latvia. Keynote speakers included the President of the CPT and Silvia Casale (former President of the CPT and former Chair of the SPT). Representatives of the Ministries of the Interior and Justice of Latvia gave presentations on the impact of the CPT and other Council of Europe mechanisms on the Latvian police and prison systems. The frst day also focused on monitoring of places of detention at national level. In this connection, a presentation was given by Ineta Piļāne, Ofce of the Ombudsman. Moreover, with a view to raising awareness of monitoring of places of detention under the OPCAT (to which Latvia is not a party), diferent models of NPMs which currently exist in various European countries were discussed. Presentations were given by Mari Amos, member of the SPT, Ivan Šelih, Head of the Slovenian NPM, Vincent Delbos, Controller at the French NPM, and Kristina Brazevič, staf member of the Lithuanian NPM. This frst part of the conference was attended by more than 100 participants, including representatives of various ministries and staf from the police and prison services, the Ombudsman’s Ofce, and civil society actors. The second day of the conference focused on practical issues related to prisons and police establishments. Michael Neurauter from the CPT’s Secretariat provided details of the CPT’s work and presented relevant standards and key concerns of the Committee regarding the situation in Latvian prisons and police establishments. Further, Alan Mitchell