40 6. The focal points of the visits conducted within the NPM’s competence The State “shall keep under systematic review interrogation rules, instructions, methods, and practices as well as arrangements for the custody and treatment of persons subjected to any form of arrest, detention or imprisonment in any territory under its jurisdiction, with a view to preventing any cases of torture.”79 In the course of the inspections, the NPM examines the conditions of the placement of persons deprived of their liberty and the way they are treated. Visiting delegations investigate those areas of placement and treatment, where there is the greatest risk that the fundamental rights of persons deprived of their liberty will not be properly enforced. A special characteristic of the visits conducted in performing the NPM’s tasks is that the symptoms of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and, in particular, physical and psychological abuse, were detected and identified using medical and psychological methods. Focal points were set on the basis of the CPT’s reports on visiting places of detention in Hungary, the reports of the UN Committee against Torture, the SPT’s reports on its visits, the conclusions of my on-the-spot inspections conducted within my general activities aimed at protecting fundamental rights, and the CCB’s recommendations. 6.1. Reception Since persons deprived of their liberty are particularly vulnerable in the early stages of their detention, the NPM thoroughly investigates the reception procedure at every place of detention. In addition to the procedural acts of reception, e.g., medical examination, assigning a bed to the detainees, providing them with clothing, bedding articles and toiletry utensils, the investigation also covers the daily regimen of the place of detention, 79 See Article 11 of the UN Convention.