CAT/OP/POL/CNPMRO/1 2. No authority or official may order, apply, permit or enable the application of any sanction against any person or organization for providing any information, whether true or false, to the Mechanism, and no such person or organization shall suffer any damage in this regard. 3. Any repressive behaviour towards persons and entities referred to paragraph 1 shall constitute a violation of Article 21 of the OPCAT. Article 4 1. The National Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture, in order to prevent reprisals against persons whom its representatives have spoken, shall in particular: (a) Appoint the Mechanism’s staff member responsible for implementing the present procedure; (b) Inform every person with whom its representatives have spoken about the prohibition of reprisals by any authority, in connection with the contact with the Mechanism’s representatives; (c) Forward to managers of visited establishments the information on the prohibition of inquiring persons about the information they have provided to members of the Mechanism; (d) Forward to managers of visited establishments the information on the prohibition of any retaliatory actions against persons who have provided information to members of the Mechanism; (e) Draw up a document form for notifying the NMPT about reprisals experienced by persons who have provided information to the Mechanism. Article 5 1. Any person who has contacted the NMPT representatives with regard to matters covered by the Mechanism’s mandate and who has information or reasonable suspicion concerning reprisals experienced in this regard shall be entitled to notify this fact to the NMPT. The notification may concern the reprisals experienced by the reporting person or any other person who has contacted the Mechanism. 2. The notification about the reprisals may be anonymous. 3. The notification may be in writing, or verbally to the CHR Office helpline (800 676 676). 4. The notification form referred to in point 1 is attached as Annex 1 to this procedure and is available on the NMPT website (www.kmpt.rpo.gov.pl). 5. The notification shall be sent to the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights at: al. Solidarności 77, 00 - 090 Warsaw. Article 6 1. Any notification received by the Office shall be forwarded to the secretariat of the National Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture to be registered as information on the violation Article 21 of the OPCAT. 2. The NMPT’s designated employee shall assess the notification in order to forward it to the CHR Office’s team competent for the type of the violation. 3. An employee of the team to whom the notification has been forwarded shall examine whether it is grounded and shall inform the designated employee of the NMPT about the actions taken with regard to the matter. 4. The designated employee of the NMPT shall inform the notifying person of actions taken with regard to the matter and the result of his examination. 18