Annual Report 2010 by the National Preventive Mechanism against Torture ICRC International Committee of the Red Cross INE Spanish National Statistics Office [Instituto Nacional de Estadística] IVML Basque Institute of Forensic Medicine [Instituto Vasco de Medicina Legal] JJI Magistrates’ Courts [Juzgados de Instrucción] JVP Parole Court [Juzgado de Vigilancia Penitenciaria] LECrim Criminal Procedures Act [Ley de Enjuiciamiento Criminal] LODP Public General Act on the Ombudsman [Ley Orgánica del Defensor del Pueblo] LORPM Public General Act on the Criminal Liability of Juveniles [Ley Orgánica reguladora de la Responsabilidad Penal de los Menores] Mossos Catalan Autonomous Police (Mossos d’Esquadra) NPM National Preventive Mechanism OAR Asylum & Refugee Office [Oficina de Asilo y Refugio] OPCAT Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. (Adopted by the UN General Assembly in Resolution 77/199 of December 18, 2002) PAIEM Framework Programme for the Integrated Care of the Mentally Ill REPM Regulations Governing Military Detention Centres ROFDP Regulations for the Organisation and Workings of the Office of the Ombudsman RP Prison Regulations RPJDL UN Rules for the protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty (adopted by the General Assembly in resolution 45/113 of December 14, 1990) SAMU Spanish Emergency Medical Care Service SAMUR Municipal Emergency Healthcare & Rescue Service of Madrid SES Office of the Secretary of State for Security (Ministry of the Interior) SGIP Office of the Secretary General for Prisons (Ministry of the Interior) SISDE IT system for information on and monitoring of detainees SPT UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture UCER Central Expulsion & Repatriation Unit (National Police Force) UCH Secure Hospital Unit UIP Police Intervention Unit UNED Spanish National Distance-Learning University UNHCR United Nations High Commission for Refugees 10 THE OMBUDSMAN OF SPAIN

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