About npm in the rules of procedure of the human rights ombudsman 4.4 APPENDIX: ABOUT NPM IN THE RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN OF THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 3/19, 11. 1. 2019) Article 15 (1) The Ombudsman shall also have other internal organisational units: –– a Child Advocacy Unit, –– a Human Rights Centre, –– a National Preventive Mechanism under the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (hereinafter: the NPM). (2) The management of the internal organisational units shall include in particular coordination of the work processes within each unit, the assignment of cases and giving instructions for the performance of tasks to public employees employed in the unit, the provision of compliance of the unit’s operations with the operations of other internal organisational units and the body as a whole, cooperation with institutions and organisations in the country, from abroad and at the international level, and informing the public of selected aspects regarding the operations of individual units. (3) Assistant managers may be appointed for assistance in the management of internal organisational units. (4) The tasks and the operation of organisational units shall be performed within the available budgetary funds in accordance with the priority tasks prepared by the managers of the units. (5) Funds for the operation of internal organisational units shall be provided within the Ombudsman’s budget by special separate budget items on the basis of the annual work plan and the activities envisaged for the next budgetary period. Article 20 (1) The NPM shall provide for the protection of persons deprived of their liberty against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment by regular visits to places of deprivation of liberty, through recommendations and proposals prepared on the basis of visits, and by commenting on valid or proposed legislation. (2) In the implementation of the tasks and the powers of the NPM, persons from non-governmental or humanitarian organisations may participate. Such participation shall be regulated by a contract. (3) The call for applications for the selection of organisations referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia and on the Ombudsman’s website. The call for applications shall contain the definition of the subject and the purpose of the call for applications to be met by the applicants, the selection criteria and a definition of the period of cooperation. (4) The public nature of the work of the NPM shall be in particular provided for by the publication of summaries of reports on visits to places of deprivation of liberty and by its annual report. (5) The functioning of the NPM shall be defined in detail by the methodology of implementing the duties and powers of the NPM adopted by the ombudsman. 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 69