Appendix: 4.3 APPENDIX: ABOUT NPM IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN ACT HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN ACT official consolidated text (ZVarCP-UPB2) (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 69/2017, 8. 12. 2017) Article 50c (National Preventive Mechanism) (1) As an internal organisational unit of the Ombudsman, the National Preventive Mechanism shall function as per the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment determined in the Act ratifying the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia [Uradni list RS] – International Treaties, No. 20/06). (2) The work of the National Preventive Mechanism shall be managed by a Deputy Ombudsman authorised by the Ombudsman for a certain period. 68 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