Review of other NPM’s activities in 2018 45. 5 October Deputy Ombudsman Ivan Šelih and Ombudsman’s advisers, Mojca Valjavec, mag. 2018 Uroš Kovačič and Robert Gačnik, met the representatives of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Regional Representation (UNHCR) for Central Europe. 46. 10 October Ombudsman’s adviser Lili Jazbec attended a roundtable on Young People and 2018 Mental Health in a Changing World in the City Museum of Ljubljana. 47. 11–13 Adviser Lili Jazbec attended the regional conference of NPM of the Western October Balkans in Pristina in Kosovo organised on the occasion of World Mental Health 2018 Day to provide space for the exchange of experience and to find ways for regional cooperation relating to the prevention of torture and ill-treatment of persons with mental disorders deprived of their liberty. Ms Jazbec spoke about the examples of good practice and the findings of the NPM from previous years. 48. 23 October At the Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, Deputy 2018 Ombudsman Ivan Šelih and Adviser mag. Jure Markič attended the 8th session of the working group regarding the establishment of a specialised unit for treating persons with profound mental disorders. 49. 23 October The Ombudsman, and Deputies Tone Dolčič and Ivan Šelih, attended the joint session 2018 of the Committee on Education, Science, Sport and Youth, and the Committee on Culture at the Parliament, where the 2017 Annual Report of the Human Rights Ombudsman and the 2017 Annual Report of the NPM were discussed. 50. 5 November The Ombudsman and her colleagues welcomed Samo Fakin, Minister of Health, 2018 and his team to a working visit. The discussion partners spoke about the realisation of NPM recommendations when visiting psychiatric hospitals. 51. 7–9 The Ombudsman’s adviser and the NPM member, Ana Polutnik attended the November workshop, Strengthening the Follow-up on NPM Recommendations, in 2018 Copenhagen in Denmark. The workshop was organised by the International Ombudsman Institute, the Association for the Prevention of Torture and the Danish Ombudsman who also hosted the event. 52. 8 November The Ombudsman and the Head of the NPM, Ivan Šelih, presented the highlights 2018 of the 2017 Annual Report of the Human Rights Ombudsman and the 2017 Annual Report of the NPM at the session of the Commission for Petitions, Human Rights and Equal Opportunities. 26 53. 13 The Ombudsman’s adviser mag. Jure Markič attended the 9th session of the working November group for the establishment of a specialised unit for discussing persons with 2018 profound mental disorders, which took place at the premises of the Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities. 54. 13–14 The NPM representatives, i.e. Deputy Ivan Šelih and Adviser Robert Gačnik, visited November the Hungarian NPM, whose tasks are implemented by the Hungarian Human Rights 2018 Ombudsman. The primary purpose of the visit was the continuation of the exchange of experience of implementing preventive visits. Together with the representatives of the Hungarian NPM, including Ombudsman Dr László Székely, the guests visited the prison in Zalaegerszeg. Prison life was presented in detail by the prison’s director, and the guests also had the opportunity to review its premises and speak privately with a few prisoners. 55. 15 Deputy Ivan Šelih and Ombudsman’s adviser Robert Gačnik introduced the work November of the Human Rights Ombudsman and the NPM to the newly employed prison 2018 officers in Gotenica. 56. 22 Ombudsman Vlasta Nussdorfer, Deputies Tone Dolčič, Dr Kornelija Marzel and Ivan November Šelih, and Secretary General Kristijan Lovrak, attended a session at the National 2018 Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia, where the 2017 Annual Report of the Human Rights Ombudsman and the 2017 Annual Report of the NPM were discussed. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DUTIES AND POWERS OF THE NPM IN 2018 NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM UNDER THE OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE UN CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT