Justyna Zarecka – political scientist in the field of internal security Klaudia Kamińska – lawyer Aleksandra Osińska – psychologist Aleksandra Nowicka – criminologist, security specialist Magdalena Dziedzic – lawyer Rafał Kulas – lawyer Michał Żłobecki – lawyer EXPERT COMMITTEE The scope of tasks and issues covered by the National Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture in many cases requires specialist knowledge and professional experience. Therefore, since 2016 the CHR’s Expert Committee (EC) on the national preventive mechanism has been in operation. Two meetings of the Expert Committee were held in 2020. Due to the coronavirus epidemic, the meetings were held online. The first meeting discussed the actions taken by the CHR and the NMPT with regard to places of detention during the coronavirus pandemic. Discussion also focused on what additional activities may be conducted by the CHR and NMPT to support people in isolation, and how to build media messages within the public debate on places of detention in the period of the pandemic. The second meeting was devoted, e.g., to the conclusions on the ad hoc visits to police stations, that were conducted on 8 August in connection with the detention of persons protecting against the arrest of an activist from the Stop Bzdurom [Stop Nonsense] group. COMPOSITION OF THE EXPERT COMMITTEE IN 2020: 1. Maria Ejchart-Dubois – co-chair 2. Justyna Jóźwiak, Ph.D. – co-chair 3. Prof. Mirosław Wyrzykowski 4. attorney Piotr Sendecki 5. Prof. Witold Klaus 6. Maria Załuska, M.D., Ph.D. 7. Prof. Marek Konopczyński 8. Marzena Ksel, Ph.D. 9. Prof. Grażyna Barbara Szczygieł 10. Janina Agnieszka Kłosowska 11. Lt. Col. Lidia Olejnik 11