International cooperation During the year, the SPT has, among other things, advised the NPM on the extent and consequences of the duty of confidentiality in its preventive work. OPCAT’s tenth anniversary On 22 June 2016, it was ten years since the OPCAT entered into force. In connection with the tenth anniversary, the APT published information highlighting the work performed by national preventive mechanisms around the world. This included a compendium entitled ‘Putting prevention into practice’, which contains examples of good practice from the preventive work to date. The NPM’s work on suicide prevention, body searches and the right to information are among the examples mentioned. On 17 November, the SPT celebrated OPCAT’s tenth anniversary in Geneva, with representatives of many state parties, national preventive mechanisms, civil 67 society and the UN in attendance. Helga Fastrup Ervik gave a talk during the session on the triangular cooperation between the states, the national preventive mechanisms and the SPT on the prevention of torture. Nordic cooperation The Nordic preventive mechanisms continued their cooperation in 2016, and a network meeting was held in Stockholm in June. The topic of the meeting was mental health care, and the participants visited Helix, a forensic psychiatric institution for persons sentenced to mental health care. A meeting of ombudsmen from the Nordic countries took place in Bornholm in August. The topic discussed included communication strategy, the impact on the public administration and experience of preventive work – including issues relating to the duty of confidentiality. Photo: OHCHR/Danielle Kirby Bildetekst Helga Fastrup Ervik spoke at the celebration of the OPCAT 10 year anniversary in Geneva on 17 November.