NORWEGIAN PARLIAMENTARY OMBUDSMAN National Preventive Mechanism against Torture and Ill-Treatment ANNUAL REPORT 2015 68 12 May 12 May 19–21 May 27 May 29 May 1 June 2–4 June 3–4 June 11 June 12 June Lecture on questioning and interview techniques by Asbjørn Rachlew, police superintendent with a PhD in criminology and sociology of law Meeting with Asbjørn Rachlew Visit to the police immigration detention centre at Trandum and monitoring of deportation from the detention centre until departure of Frontex-organised return flight from Gardermoen Cooperation meeting with Norway's National Institution for Human Rights, the Ombudsman for Children and the Equality and Anti-Discrimination Ombudsman Seminar: ten years of the Norwegian Bureau for the Investigation of Police Affairs Meeting with Ethiopia's Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and Minister of Justice organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Visit to Telemark Prison, Skien branch The APT's Jean-Jacques Gautier Symposium in Geneva addressing the vulnerabilities of LGBT persons SPT member Mari Amos visited Norway and met with the NPM Meeting with the Nordic preventive mechanisms, including a tour of Ila Detention and Security Prison Workshop in Riga for preventive mechanisms that are part of Ombudsman institutions: 16–19 June 'Implementing a preventive mandate', under the auspices of the International Ombudsman Institute (IOI) 23 July 10–13 August Lecture about the Parliamentary Ombudsman at the University of Oslo's Human Rights Summer Course Summer school at the University of Bristol Law School: 'Preventing torture and ill-treatment of female detainees through gender-sensitive monitoring' 17 August Meeting of the advisory committee of the National Preventive Mechanism 18 August Meeting with the secretariat of Rettighetsutvalget ('the rights committee') 19 August 21 August 25-27 August 27 August 2 September 7–9 September Meeting with representatives of the Red Cross's volunteer visitor scheme for the immigration detention centre at Trandum Lecture to trainees at the Correctional Service of Norway Staff Academy (KRUS) Visit to Kongsvinger Prison Meeting with RVTS East – the regional resource centre for violence, traumatic stress and suicide prevention Meeting with We Shall Overcome and the Equality and Anti-Discrimination Ombudsman Visit to Sørlandet Hospital, Kristiansand