CAT/OP/HUN/2 31. In addition, the Subcommittee recommends that the national preventive mechanism ensure that standard operating procedures are uniformly applied by all its staff and members of the Civic Consultative Body, with a view to ensuring consistency of working methods and knowledge-sharing. Adequate training for all persons participating in mechanism visits to places of deprivation of liberty, including external experts, is essential and should be put in place, including through the development of handbooks and assistance from international partners. 32. While noting the professionalism of some of the national preventive mechanism members when conducting interviews with detainees, the Subcommittee recommends that all participants in visits carried out by the mechanism undergo regular training, including in interview techniques, visiting procedures and the detection of signs and risks of torture and ill-treatment. Working methods and a comprehensive visiting methodology should be developed to highlight systemic institutional challenges, including those affecting vulnerable populations in places of deprivation of liberty. Experienced mechanism members could provide new staff and external experts with training in interviewing techniques. B. 1. Recommendations on methodological issues relating to visits Workplan, reporting and follow-up 33. The national preventive mechanism plans its visiting activities on a yearly basis, taking into account the different types and geographical locations of places of deprivation of liberty and the categories of persons deprived of liberty, as well as thematic targets for the year in question. However, the Subcommittee observed that the mechanism mainly focuses on detention monitoring activities. 34. The Subcommittee recommends that the national preventive mechanism focus not only on visiting places of deprivation of liberty but also on other preventive activities. The Subcommittee also recommends that the mechanism develop an annual workplan which should include all preventive activities, including commenting on draft legislation and awareness-raising and training activities, in accordance with article 19 of the Optional Protocol and paragraph 9 of the analytical assessment tool for national preventive mechanisms. 35. With a view to properly fulfilling its mandate under the Optional Protocol in various areas, with its preventive role in mind, the national preventive mechanism is advised to analyse its activities in the light of relevant international instruments. Such an exercise can be done by using the Subcommittee’s Analytical assessment tool for national preventive mechanisms and the matrix based thereon. Once the mechanism has a clear overview of the areas that are currently insufficiently covered, together with its partners, it can prepare an appropriate workplan for immediate implementation and future development. 36. Following visits, the members of the visiting delegation prepare partial reports that are summarized by the head of delegation. Visit reports are subsequently submitted to the respective authorities, as well as to the head of the place of deprivation of liberty concerned, the addressees of the recommendations, the members of the Civic Consultative Body and the Hungarian member of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. The visit reports are subsequently made available to the public in Hungarian and, where funding allows, translated into English. 37. The Office of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights publishes its annual reports and the national preventive mechanism visit reports on the Commissioner’s website. However, the Subcommittee was informed that the process of drafting and publishing the mechanism’s reports could be lengthy, owing to a desire to ensure a high-quality and comprehensive end product. The Subcommittee highlights that extended delays in drafting and publication of visit reports can have a negative impact on the timely follow-up to the visit report recommendations and, eventually, on the overall conditions of detention of persons deprived of their liberty. 7