Review of other NPM’s activities in 2018 9. 12 March Ombudsman Vlasta Nussdorfer and the Ombudsman’s adviser mag. Jure Markič 2018 met the new Secretary General of Caritas Slovenia, mag. Cveto Uršič. The reason for the meeting was to conclude an annex to the agreement on cooperation with the relevant NGO when implementing duties and powers of the NPM. The discussion partners also seized the opportunity to confirm good past cooperation in the NPM work and in general. They also spoke about the current challenges and looked at the present and future work of humanitarian organisations and further mutual cooperation in various fields. 10. 12–13 March Deputy Ombudsman and Head of the NPM, Ivan Šelih, attended an international 2018 NPM conference on supervising retirement homes in Trier in Germany. The conference was organised by the German NPM in cooperation with colleagues from Austria and the Council of Europe, and was attended by representatives from over 20 European DPM and international organisations (CPT, SPT, NPM Obs). The conference was divided into two parts; the first was dedicated to the issue of using various protection measures in retirement homes, and the second focused on communication with persons accommodated in retirement homes. Following a presentation by a member of the CPT Secretariat on the international standards regarding the use of protection measures, their findings in this field were also delivered by the representatives of the NPM Austria, Estonia and Germany, where supervision in this field is implemented by the courts. 11. 26 March Ombudsman Vlasta Nussdorfer and the Ombudsman’s advisers, mag. Jure Markič 2018 and Lili Jazbec, attended an introductory meeting and presentation of the Slovenj Gradec Unit of Koroška Retirement Home. 12. 27–28 March Deputy Ivan Šelih attended a meeting of seven NPM representatives in Vienna in 2018 Austria. They discussed the establishment of an NPM database (DeMon Base), where findings and recommendations of NPMs would be gathered. The attendees weighed in on the relevance and necessity of establishing such a database, its content and purpose. They agreed that the database would be useful for transparency of NPM work, and it could also serve the needs of court proceedings when deciding on the surrender of a person, e.g. due to imprisonment in another country. The organisers then indicated that work would continue in a narrow group, which would draft concrete solutions for establishing the relevant information system of findings and recommendations of individual national NPMs. The meeting was organised by the Council of Europe in cooperation with the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), and was hosted by the Austrian Ombudsman Board. 13. 3 April 2018 Deputy Ombudsman Ivan Šelih attended the ceremony at the opening of the Probation Administration of the Republic of Slovenia, which took place at the premises of the probation unit in Celje. 22 14. 10 April Ombudsman Vlasta Nussdorfer presented to Dr Milan Brglez, President of the 2018 National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia, the Annual Report of the Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia for 2017 and the Annual Report of the National Preventive Mechanism for 2017. The Ombudsman was accompanied by Secretary General Kristijan Lovrak and adviser Liana Kalčina. 15. 10 April At the Ombudsman’s head office, Ombudsman Vlasta Nussdorfer held a press 2018 conference with her Deputies and presented the main highlights of the 2017 Annual Report of the Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia and the 2017 Annual Report of the National Preventive Mechanism. 16. 11 April Ombudsman Vlasta Nussdorfer presented the Annual Report of the Human Rights 2018 Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia for 2017 and the Annual Report of the National Preventive Mechanism for 2017 to the President of the Republic of Slovenia, Borut Pahor, at the Presidential Palace. The Ombudsman was accompanied by Deputies Dr Kornelija Marzel and Ivan Šelih, the Head of the NPM, Secretary General Kristijan Lovrak and Martina Ocepek, Director of the Expert Service. 17. 12 April At Ormož Youth Centre, the Ombudsman’s adviser, mag. Jure Markič, held a lecture 2018 within the training programme of introducing dementia-friendly spots. He introduced the first spot of this kind, which was opened at the Ombudsman’s head office, and the work of the NPM. The programme was prepared by Spominčica – Alzheimer Slovenija and Ormož Regional Association. 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