Date Location Description of visit Participants 79. 20 December 2016 Vukovski Dol – Jerenina Unannounced control visit to Retirement Home Idila in Vukovski Dol The visit was carried out by the Ombudsman's adviser, mag. Jure Markič, and Janja Cigoj (Pravo za vse). 80. 6 December 2016 Celje Unannounced control visit to Saint Joseph Home in Celje The visit was carried out by the Ombudsman's adviser, mag. Jure Markič, Jure Trbič (SKUP), and Melanija Kopić and Anica Tomšić Stojkovska (external experts and representatives of NPM Croatia). 3 REVIEW OF OTHER NPM’S ACTIVITIES IN 2016 13 January 2016 – The Ombudsman and her colleagues, i.e. Deputy Ombudsmen Tone Dolčič and Ivan Šelih, Martina Ocepek, Director of the Expert Service, and Ombudsman’s advisers, Jasna Vunduk, Gašper Adamič and Liana Kalčina met State Secretary Martina Vuk, who led the Ministry’s team in the absence of Minister Anja Kopač Mrak, at the Ombudsman’s premises. The parties spoke about the Act Concerning Social Care of Mentally and Physically Handicapped Persons, placement of minors and other persons in secure wards of (special) social care institutions on the basis of court decisions and other topical issues. 13 January 2016 – Deputy Ombudsman Ivan Šelih and members of the National Preventive Mechanism, Ombudsman’s advisers Robert Gačnik, mag. Jure Markič and Lili Jazbec met the external medical experts who cooperate with the Ombudsman within the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) and spoke about problems they encountered during their work, the issue of daily dosage of medications and other open issues. The experts attending the meeting were Dr Zdenka Čebašek–Travnik, Dr Peter Pregelj and Dr Milan Popovič. 22 January 2016 – Ombudsman’s advisers, Miha Horvat, mag. Jure Markič, Nataša Bratož and Andreja Srebotnik, attended the conference, ‘Lokar Days 2016’, organised by the Section of court experts for psychiatry, the Association of medical court experts and the Slovenian Medical Association at the Medical Chamber of Slovenia in Ljubljana, where they spoke about legal and psychiatric aspects of dissocial personal disorder. 26 January 2016 – Ombudsman’s advisers, Robert Gačnik and Mojca Valjavec, attended a working consultation, ‘Managing stereotypes and awareness of intercultural differences when working with migrants’, at the Police Academy in Tacen. Robert Gačnik spoke about the importance of protection according to the Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. The consultation was organised by the General Police Directorate. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DUTIES AND POWERS OF THE NPM IN 2016 NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM UNDER THE OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE UN CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT 21