Review of other NPM’s activities in 2018 27. 22 May 2018 Deputy Ivan Šelih and Ombudsman’s adviser Robert Gačnik introduced the work of the Human Rights Ombudsman and the NPM to newly employed prison officers in Gotenica. 28. 23 May 2018 The Ombudsman and her Deputies attended the joint session of the Commission for State Organisation and the Commission for Social Care, Labour, Health and Disabled of the National Council of the Republic of Slovenia, at which the 23rd 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 was discussed. 29. 24 May 2018 Deputy Ivan Šelih, Secretary General Kristijan Lovrak and Adviser Robert Gačnik received the Hungarian Human Rights Ombudsman Dr László Székely and his colleagues in Celje. During a two-day visit, the Slovenian and Hungarian sides exchanged experience in the work of the NPM and visited a prison. In the role of the NPM, the Ombudsman visited Celje Prison and Juvenile Prison on 25 May 2018. The representatives of the Hungarian NPM attended the visit as observers, i.e. Human Rights Ombudsman Dr László Székely, Katalin Haraszti, Deputy Head of the NPM, István Sárközy, the NPM member, and interpreter Györgyi Sárik. The Hungarian Ombudsman also visits prisons in Hungary as part of its NPM duties. The visit of the Hungarian NPM denotes a continuation of cooperation within the SEE NPM Network and the realisation of its objectives, which include establishing an intensive mutual cooperation and the exchange of experience, generating synergy between the members of the Network, providing mutual assistance and creating conditions for efficient implementation of the work of the NPM. 30. 28–31 May Deputy Ivan Šelih and Adviser Robert Gačnik attended a meeting of the South-East 2018 Europe NPM Network in Podgorica in Montenegro. The meeting focused on the prevention of suicides and overdosing in detention centres. The participants also spoke about the status of NPM staff in the member states. As part of the Presidency of the South-East Europe NPM Network, the meeting was organised by the Protector of Human Rights and Freedoms of Montenegro in the role of conducting duties and powers of the NPM. 31. 6–7 June Deputy Ombudsman Ivan Šelih and Ombudsman’s adviser Robert Gačnik attended 2018 the 19th Days of Criminal Justice and Security, the central scientific and expert conference in the field of state security, in Ankaran. Within the framework for the section on penal sanctions enforcement and penology, Deputy Šelih spoke about the duties and powers of the NPM as per the Optional Protocol. 32.21 June 2018 The Ombudsman, her Deputy and Head of the NPM, Ivan Šelih, and the Ombudsman’s advisers presented details of the 2017 NPM Report at a press conference held at the Ombudsman’s head office commemorating the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture celebrated on 26 June. The Ombudsman had already presented the report to the Slovenian President, the Prime Minister and the President of the National Assembly in April. 33. 22 August At the Ombudsman’s head office, Deputy Ivan Šelih and the Ombudsman’s 2018 advisers, Robert Gačnik and Andreja Srebotnik, spoke with representatives of the Prison Administration of the Republic of Slovenia (URSIKS) about the strategy for preventing suicide and self-harm in prisons and about other issues. The meeting was attended by Lucija Božikov, Head of the Treatment Division, Aleksander Kotnik, psychologist, holder of the strategy for the prevention of suicides and self-harm in prisons and juvenile correctional institutions, and Eva Salecl Božič, holder of the field for discussing addiction and the programme of work with perpetrators of violence. 34. 24 August Deputy Ivan Šelih and Adviser mag. Jure Markič attended a meeting of the working 2018 group discussing the formation of guidelines for working with dementia patients at Dom ob Savinji Celje. 35. 6 September Deputy Ombudsman Ivan Šelih attended a meeting at the Ministry of Labour, 2018 Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities regarding the establishment of a specialised unit for persons with profound mental disorders. 36. 24 17 In Portorož, the Ombudsman led the plenary part of the conference entitled the September 2018 Mental Health Days. The conference was also attended by Deputy Ombudsman 2018 Ivan Šelih and Ombudsman’s advisers. 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