28 3. Cooperation between the NPM and civil society organizations In his response, the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights informed the participants that, in the course of the last two years, he had already notified the Curia’s competent analytic workgroup of the problems mentioned by the participants, requesting the judicial body to put them on its agenda. 3.3. Additional cooperation with civil society organizations On March 08, 2016, the Head of the Department had a meeting with the representative of the Association for the Human Rights and the Protection of Detainees in Hungary, during which they concluded a working agreement. On October 04, 2016, the Head of the Department consulted with the representatives of the MDAC. During the meeting, they reviewed the possibilities of joint inspection of places of detention and other forms of cooperation. On November 02, 2016, in order to prepare visits to places of detention suggested by the MDAC, the members of the NPM’s visiting delegation held consultations with the MDAC’s representatives. On November 24, 2016, two psychologist members of the Department participated in a training organized by the civil organization Cordelia Foundation for the Rehabilitation of Torture Victims, entitled “Torture and Trauma in Asylum Policies: Issues of Identification, Documentation and Proceedings,” the objective of which was to facilitate the early detection and identification of refugees who have gone through torture or any other trauma. On December 05, 2016, representatives of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee had an exchange of experiences with the competent members of the Department regarding the visit to the Central Holding Facility of the Budapest Metropolitan Police Headquarters.

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