3.2. Meetings of the CCB conducted by the supervisory authority before the MDAC’s intended visit had found some deficiencies in the institution in Felsõgöd and, as a result, the director was dismissed effective immediately. Referring to what had happened, the representative of the MDAC requested the NPM to conduct an inspection in the TOPhÁZ Special Home as soon as possible. The MDAC suggested that its staff members should conduct joint inspections with the experts of the NPM. According to their suggestion, in addition to organizing joint training programs within the framework of the cooperation between the MDAC and the NPM, they could work together in disseminating methodologies developed in the course of the project (interviewing, exchange of experiences, involvement of expert by experience). The representative of the Hungarian Psychiatric Association suggested that the NPM should inquire into the practices of the judicial review of emergency and mandatory treatment on the one hand, and the restrictive measures on the other hand. He pointed out: in the case of the former, the entire procedure is extremely formal (the expert makes only a written statement, is not present at the trial, may not be asked questions, the guardian ad litem is not present); examples could be found in the case of the Merényi Hospital. As far as the latter case is concerned, the proceeding judges notified neither the patients’ rights representative nor the relatives, and there are several problems with the documentation. The patient does not have any opportunity to stand up for his/her interests, and the observation periods/mechanisms, making a more nuanced assessment of individual cases possible, are missing. Meeting of the CCB, November 16, 2016 27