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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
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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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