Report on the Performance of Activities of the National Preventive Mechanism for 2016 Difficulties when it comes to exercising rights to healthcare by irregular migrants and seekers of international protection, have been noticed, as well as a narrow scope of recognized rights, in particular of vulnerable groups and persons whose freedom of movement has been restricted. Right to healthcare and the scope of The scope of right to healthcare provided this right are laid down in the Act on Mandatory to seekers who have been subject either Health Insurance and Health Care of Foreigners to rape or any other aggravated form of in the Republic of Croatia (AMHIHCF), which violence, as well as to those with specific pertains mostly to the right to emergency health needs, was planned to be medical assistance and right to diagnostic and determined by virtue of an ordinance, but therapeutic services necessary to eliminate it has been more than three years since immediate dangers to their life and health. The the latter should have been adopted. scope of right to healthcare provided to applicants who have been subject either to rape or any other aggravated form of violence, as well as to those with specific health needs, was planned to be determined by virtue of an ordinance, but it has been more than three years since the latter should have been adopted. Even though a procedure for adopting Amendments to AMHIHCF, which once again foresee passing of the said Ordinance, was initiated in June 2016, the said Amendments have not yet been adopted due to a series of difficulties. Pursuant to the planned Amendments, healthcare for pregnant women and children is still at the level of the right to emergency medical assistance, which is not in compliance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child and Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, based on which all pregnant women should have the right to free prenatal, intranatal and postnatal care, whereas children should have the same right to healthcare as the country’s citizens, which would include vaccinations. A series of difficulties have also been noticed regarding the extent to which irregular migrants whose freedom of movement has been restricted and applicants for international protection exercise their right to healthcare. In FRCJ, there was one team of general/family medicine doctors that visited the centre twice a week, despite the fact that according to CPT standards, assessing health condition of irregular migrants whose freedom of movement has been restricted, should be a priority, given the series of factors that may have a negative impact on their health. In addition, the Centre should have at least one healthcare professional who would be available every day. In RFAS Zagreb and Kutina, among difficulties pertaining to exercise of right to healthcare by applicants for international protection, was the manner in which visits to hospitals and community health centres were organized as well as provision of accompaniment and translation services. Ministry of Health tried to overcome these difficulties by concluding agreements with the community health centres in Kutina and Zagreb, based on which one team of general/family medicine doctors would provide daily healthcare services on the premises of the Centre, which eventually failed due to lack of available physicians. In RFAS Zagreb, the physician would visit the premises twice a week, whereas in the meantime, it was security guards who were responsible for calling an ambulance, while volunteers and Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) members accompanied them to hospitals or health community centres. In 43