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8.
Reports of the NPM
The National Preventive Mechanism prepares reports on his inspections,
specifying their findings and the conclusions based thereon.123 On the cover of
the report, in addition to the name of the institution visited, it is also indicated that the report is published not in the frameworks of my general
activities aimed at protecting fundamental rights, but in performing the
tasks of the NPM.
I have taken into consideration the conclusions and recommendations of
the Document discussed during the CCB’s meeting on April 19, 2016, and
tried to use them, where possible, during the preparation of my reports published after that date.124
8.1.
Preparation of the report
Under Article 21, Paragraph (2) of the OPCAT, “confidential information collected by the National Preventive Mechanism shall be privileged.”
In the course of his/her proceedings “the Commissioner for Fundamental
Rights may process – to the extent necessary for those proceedings – all those personal
data and data qualifying as secrets protected by an Act or as secrets restricted to the
exercise of a profession which are related to the inquiry or the processing of which is
necessary for the successful conduct of the proceedings.”125
My colleagues who participated in the visit submit their subreports summarizing the results of their observations, measurements and interviews,
pictures that were taken and documents that were obtained in the course
of the visit to the head of the visiting delegation, just as the contributing
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125
See Section 28, Subsection (1) of the Ombudsman Act.
The document “Comments by the Reviewing Working Group of the Civil Consultative Body on
the reports prepared by the National Preventive Mechanism” may be found in my Office under
file number AJB-2674/2016/23. The document is also accessible on the NPM’s website as an
attachment to the report on the April 19, 2016, Meeting of the CCB. 0419_emlékeztetõ.pdf/
ba13e0bd-dc82-4b36-ae8d-52629361d60a”
See Section 27, Subsection (1) of the Ombudsman Act.
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