Report of the Commissioner for Human Rights on the activities of the National Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture in Poland in 2017 The cooperation between international organizations and the national mechanism for the prevention of torture is a significant element of preventive work. What is developed during international meetings are standards concerning the methodology of the NMPT’s operation as well as issued recommendations. Therefore, such international cooperation also constitutes an indispensable part of the work of the Polish NMPT. In June 2017 a representative of the NMPT participated in the conference organized by the European Academy of Law in Trier and devoted to the topic of “Improving Detention Conditions at EU Level. Best Practice, Legislation and the Follow-Up to the European Commission’s Green Paper. The meeting was organized in cooperation with the Council of Europe, European Organisation of Prison and Correctional Services (EuroPris), the Commissioner for Human Rights and the German National Agency for the Prevention of Torture. It was the last out of five meetings devoted to the improvement of detention conditions in Europe. In May/June 2017 a representative of the NMPT took part in consultations organized by the Council of Europe and devoted to the issue of prepared codification of European principles for administrative detention of migrants. The consultations were conducted in three thematic fields: practical implementation of the principles and guaranteeing protection to migrants, administrative detention in places other than closed detention centres and the necessity to eliminate prison-like conditions of deprivation of freedom in closed centres, as well as migrants with special needs. The consultations were attended by the NMPT’s representatives from such countries as: Austria, Germany, France, Croatia, Macedonia, Moldova, Kosovo, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Estonia, Malta, Italy, Portugal, Spain, England, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, as well as developing structures of NMPT from Tunisia and Morocco alongside with observers from international institutions (APT, CPT, UNHCR). 78