Selected topics from 2015 Having carried out visits to a number of places of detention in Norway over the past two years, the Ombudsman is of the strong opinion that preventive efforts require a holistic approach. Reference is made in this context to the reports the Parliamentary Ombudsman has published to date following visits under the preventive mandate. These reports make it clear that the health departments in prisons, accident and emergency units, specialist health services and the management of risk during transport, are covered by the mandate and are an integral part of a visit. The situation is illustrated by the fact that around 30 per cent of the recommendations the Parliamentary Ombudsman has made to the prisons under the preventive mandate concern health matters. " After more than six months of Norwegian inmates being detained in prison in the Netherlands, it is still unclear how Norway honours its commitments under the UN Convention against Torture and how the NPMs and SPT are to exercise their mandates " 29 Evaluation of the agreement’s implications for the preventive mandate The agreement entered into between Norway and the Netherlands on 2 March 2015 on renting prison places neither refers to the states’ commitments under OPCAT nor to the mandate of the SPT and the NPMs. On assignment for the Dutch NPM, an evaluation is now underway on the implications of the bilateral agreement between Norway and the Netherlands on the Dutch NPM’s OPCAT mandate. The evaluation’s conclusions will also be of interest to the Norwegian Ombudsman’s prevention efforts for inmates who are transferred from Norway. After more than six months of Norwegian inmates being detained in prison in the Netherlands, it is still unclear how Norway honours its commitments under the UN Convention against Torture and how the NPMs and SPT are to exercise their mandates. The Ombudsman will continue to follow developments in the time ahead.