5 Contents Introduction 01. The legal background of the National Preventive Mechanism’s operation 1.1. The Fundamental Law of Hungary 1.2. International instruments 1.2.1. UN instruments 1.2.2. Instruments of the Council of Europe 1.3. Preventive activities of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights 1.4. Costs of performing the NPM’s tasks in 2016 02. Staff members participating in performing the tasks of the NPM 03. 04. 9 11 11 11 11 14 16 17 19 2.1. Public servants of the Office of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights 2.2. External experts 19 20 Cooperation between the NPM and civil society organizations 22 3.1. The tasks of the Civil Consultative Body 3.2. Meetings of the CCB 3.3. Additional cooperation with civil society organizations 22 23 List of domestic places of detention 29 4.1. The NPM’s schedule of visits for 2016 4.2. Locations visited by the NPM in 2016 30 30 05. Visits conducted by the NPM 5.1. Planning and preparing the visits 5.1.1. The composition of the visiting delegations 28 32 32 33