49 2. advocacy and awareness raising meeting with relevant authorities in Romania in the field of protection of the rights of persons with disabilities, organized on May 16, 2019, at the headquarters of the People's Advocate Institution, at which representatives of the following authorities were invited: Ministry of Health, National Authority for People with Disabilities, the National Authority for the Protection of the Rights of the Child and Adoption, the Council for monitoring the implementation of the Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities; 3. exchange of experience with the French counterpart of the Romanian NPM Contrôleur general des lieux de privation de liberté, held on November 3-9, 2019; 4. making a leaflet on the prevention of torture and ill-treatment in psychiatric institutions, which contains fields such as: mandate and organization of the NPM, the role of the NPM in monitoring the psychiatric hospitals, the composition of the visiting team, the manner of conducting the visits and the verified aspects. ►On October 16, 2019, the representatives of the People's Advocate institution met with the representatives of the General Inspectorate for Immigration (IGI), at the headquarters of the Inspectorate – The Integration and Relocation Service, in which a psychologist from the non-governmental organization ICAR participated. During the meeting, aspects related to the visit of the NPM made on September 21, 2018, to the Regional Center for Procedures and Accommodation for Asylum seekers in Bucharest (psychological assistance, social assistance) were addressed as well as the difficulties encountered from 2017 regarding the access of the NPM members to the documents drawn up by the NGOs who have a partnership with IGI, in the field of psychological and social assistance. Regarding the last aspect, the IGI representatives stressed that within each subordinate center there will be a psychologist who will liaise the visiting team with the psychologists of the partner non-governmental organizations (will attend the meetings). The same procedure will apply in the case of the social assistance activity (in centers where no assistant is employed, the integration officers with responsibilities in the field of social assistance will be the liaison element). ►On December 10, 2019, the NPM organized at the headquarters of the People's Advocate Institution, a round table on the occasion of the International Day of Human Rights, to which representatives of the non-governmental partner organizations of the People's Advocate Institution were invited: FACIAS, ANAIS; GRADO; AEPADO; Transparency International Romania. ►In 2019, the NPM made a series of requests to the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Internal Affairs – the General Directorate for Relations with the Prefect's Institutions, in order to harmonize the Regulations for the organization and functioning of the psychiatric hospitals, subordinated to the Ministry of Health and the Local Councils Bucharest / County Councils, with the CPT Rules, according to which: the practice of always dressing patients in nightgowns / pajamas is not conducive to reinforcing the feeling of personal identity and self-esteem; The individualization of the clothing is part of the therapeutic process, considering the fact that there are still psychiatry hospitals where patients are obliged to wear pajamas permanently (St. Maria Vedea Psychiatry Hospital, monitored by the NPM in 2018). The General Directorate of Medical Assistance and Public Health within the Ministry of Health has replied that in the case of patients admitted to the hospital, so also in the psychiatric hospitals, it is necessary to ensure appropriate hygiene rules by reprocessing the clothing, but considering the specificity of the psychiatric unit, the management of these units PEOPLE’S ADVOCATE ANNUAL REPORT 2019