CAT/OP/POL/CNPMRO/1 Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture increases public awareness of the problem of torture and conducts training and lectures on the subject. As part of the campaign, a poster “No to torture” was developed and was sent, among others to all penitentiary establishments, police stations, youth care centres, correctional centres for minors, closed centres for migrants. By displaying the poster, the managers of the establishments make it clear that they are against all forms of ill-treatment and seek to build the culture of no acceptance of torture. Visitors to these places can use the QR code placed on the poster to use their mobile phones to find the website dedicated to the social campaign. There, they can find information e.g. on how to react when they witnesses torture or other forms of illtreatment. Also, the National Headquarters of the Prison Service received printed posters with contact data of the National Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture and the Commissioner’s Office. The National Headquarters of the Prison Service declared they would place the posters on an information board in all wards of every prison and every remand facility in Poland. 53. As part of the campaign, leaflets have also been compiled to explain what the National Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture is and how it works, what torture is, and what the preventive visits look like. The leaflets contain contact information for victims or witnesses of torture. The leaflets are distributed by persons conducting the NMPT preventive visits, among persons deprived of liberty and among employees of the establishments. Also, the leaflets have been translated into four languages: English, Russian, Ukrainian and Vietnamese and posted on the website www.kmpt.rpo.gov.pl The website also contain infographics on the Mechanism, which, as part of the ongoing social campaign, have been prepared by the National Bar Council. Comments on the recommendation(s) contained in paragraph 36 54. The NMPT cooperates with non-governmental organizations whose scope of interest as well as tasks relates to broadly understood prevention of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. This cooperation consists primarily in the exchange of information related to the situation of persons held in various places of deprivation of liberty across the country. At the beginning of the NMPT’s activity in Poland, one of its main partners was a coalition of non-governmental organizations and academic communities, named Coalition for the introduction of OPCAT.3 The Coalition, since the beginning of its existence, supported the establishment of the National Preventive Mechanism in Poland, and its guidelines regarding the operation and reports of the Mechanism are still a valuable tool for its development. 55. Furthermore, representatives of non-governmental organizations took part in thematic visits conducted by the national preventive mechanism as external experts. A relevant agreement was signed with each expert, according to which he/she is required to draw up an expert opinion in return for adequate remuneration. 56. Representatives of the Polska bez Barier foundation and the Integracja foundation participated in thematic visits to remand facilities and prisons, that were carried out to monitor the exercise of the rights of persons with disabilities (19 joint visits). They are also the authors of the standards referred to in the NMPT reports on planning the accessibility of buildings and rooms (such standards are not yet legislative documents). Moreover, the Polska bez Barier foundation prepared the NMPT staff members for verifying the observance of the rights of persons with disabilities, by conducting a two-day workshop on space adaptations to the needs of people with disabilities. 57. A psychologist from the International Humanitarian Initiative participated in thematic visits to closed centres for migrants, to ensure proper psychological care for them (3 joint visits). 3 12 On 26 October 2007, a task group was established at the University of Warsaw, the Institute of Social Prevention and Rehabilitation, which consists of representatives of academic communities and nongovernmental organizations working for human rights and their protection. Major human rights organizations were also invited to cooperate, such as: Amnesty International Polska; Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights; Association for Legal Interventions; International Lawyers Committee, Poland Chapter; Unit for Criminology and Crime Combating Policy, at the University of Warsaw; and the Sławek foundation.