23 4.6. Engagement of the external experts in performing duties of the NPM The NPM teams for visits to institutions where persons deprived of their liberty are placed should have a multidisciplinary character. Representatives of the Protector of Citizens, the Provincial Ombudsman and the associations of the teams for visits to institutions where persons deprived of their liberty are placed, are generally legal professionals so that for an efficient operation of the NPM outsourcing of other professionals is necessary. The NPM had engaged top outside experts in the field of forensic medicine, psychiatry, psychology, special prevention, internal medicine and prevention of abuse. In 2013, experts engaged in the NPM are: Đorđe Alempijević M.D.-Ph.D., forensic medicine specialist, professor at the Faculty of Medicine – University of Belgrade; Zoran Ilić M.D.-Ph.D., professor at the Prevention and Treatment of Behavioral Disorders study program at Faculty of Special Education and rehabilitation of the University of Belgrade; Dragan Ječmenica M.D.-Ph.D., forensic medicine specialist, professor at Faculty of Medicine – University of Belgrade; Vladimir Jović M.D.-Ph.D. , psychiatrist, professor at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Pristina temporarily seated in Kosovska Mitrovica; Srđan Milovanović M.D.-Ph.D., psychiatrist, working as a professor at the Faculty of Medicine – University of Belgrade and at the Clinical Center of Serbia, Institute of Psychiatry; Mira Petrović, psychiatrist, working at the Clinic for psychiatric disorders “Dr Laza Lazarevic” in Belgrade. Srđan Milovanović M.D.-Ph.D., psychiatrist, Faculty of Medicine – University of Belgrade, Clinical Center of Serbia – Institute of Psychiatry; Dr Branislav Ničić, internal and emergency medicine specialist, Niš. Contributions of the engaged external experts i.e. their expertise have raised the quality of the NPM performance, primarily when it comes to number of elaborated reports and recommendations aimed to eliminate identified irregularities. 4.7. Training of the NPM team members The Association of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia, within the project “Strengthening the National Preventive Mechanism and advocacy of institutionalized persons” and “Prison reform in Serbia 2012 – 2013”, organized two study visits to Netherlands. In the first, they visited two prisons, and in the second they conducted visits to the Dutch NPM and to the institution for forensic psychiatry. In the future work of the NPM, it is indispensable to pay more attention to the professional training of the NPM members. 4.8. Other forms of cooperation The NPM had conducted a joint visit to the Psychiatric Hospital “Dr Laza Lazarevic” with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Ms. Pillay Nevi. Issues regarding the long-term retention of people with mental disabilities in large psychiatric hospitals were discussed during these visits. A joint visit to the Asylum centre with Mr. Muižnieks, the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, was organized and on this occasion they discussed the problems related to the position of asylum seekers and illegal migrations carried via the territory of the Republic of Serbia. The NPM, in cooperation with the UNHCR in Serbia, had taken a number of actions to protect the rights of asylum seekers in Serbia. In compliance with the commitment to improving the treatment of public author-