133 12. The NPM’s international relations In 2018, the already wide-ranging professional contacts of the NPM were widened further. Attending bilateral meetings and numerous conferences held with the participation of domestic and international organisations, the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights and the staff members of the Department discussed the NPM’s activities. 12.1. Relations between the NPM and the Subcommittee on Prevention The Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture paid an ordinary visit to Hungary between March 21 and 30, 2017, in the course of which the delegation met with the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights, in his capacity as the NPM, the staff members of the Department, as well as the representatives of the member organisations of CCB. On March 28, 2017, the delegation, as observers, accompanied my colleagues authorised to perform the tasks of the National Preventive Mechanism to the visit to Unit I of the Budapest Remand Prison. After the visit, the delegation discussed its experience with the staff members of the Department at my Office. The report prepared for the NPM by the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture was received by my Office on December 8, 2017, with the request that I should respond to the conclusions and recommendations set out in the document by June 7, 2018. I displayed the report and my responses to the conclusions of the report265 on the NPM’s homepage.266 265 266 See Annex 1. Report No. CAT/OP/HUN/R.2 of the Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture was put on file under No. AJB-791/2018 in my Office.

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