prevention of torture, held in Addis Ababa by OHCHR and the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights; (b)February 2012: Seminar on “Forensic evidence in the fight against torture”, held in Washington by the American University Washington College of Law and APT; (c)February 2012: Seminar on “New arrangements for monitoring places of detention in Ireland: the Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention against Torture”, held in Dublin by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties; (d)March 2012: “Atlas of Torture Project” held in Asunción by the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute; (e)March 2012: Twenty-fifth annual meeting of the International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, segment entitled “NHRIs and monitoring – focus on OPCAT and detention”, held in Geneva by OHCHR; (f)March 2012: Regional conference entitled “Combating and Preventing Torture and Ill-treatment in the South Caucasus”, held in Tbilisi by ODIHR and Penal Reform International; (g)March 2012: Seminar on “The role of the public defence in the prevention of torture”, held in Sao Paulo by the Public Defender’s Office of Sao Paulo State; (h)April 2012: Seminar on “The role of the public defence in the prevention of torture”, held in Asunción by the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute; (i)April 2012: Seminar on the implementation of the Optional Protocol in Mongolia, held in Ulaanbaatar by APT, Amnesty International, the Asia Pacific Forum and the National Human Rights Commission of Mongolia; (j) May 2012: Workshop on the implementation of the Subcommittee visit report on Mexico, held in San Cristobal de la Casas by APT; (k) May 2012: Consultations on the Guatemalan NPM, held in Guatemala by OHCHR and the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims; (l)May 2012: Consultations on the establishment of NPMs, held in Tunis by the World Organisation Against Torture; (m)May 2012: Round table on “Effective monitoring to prevent torture: promoting OPCAT”, held in Budapest by the Hungarian Helsinki Committee and the Mental Disability Advocacy Center; (n)May 2012: Event on the follow-up to the visit report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, held in Bishkek by APT; (o)May 2012: Consultations on the establishment of NPMs, held in Santiago by OHCHR and the Chilean NHRI; (p)June 2012: Seminar on “The triangular working relationship between SPT, CPT and NPM: inspection in the field of detention on a global, regional and domestic level”, held in Nieuwersluis by the NPM of the Netherlands; (q)June 2012: Workshop on “Preventing torture in the context of democratic transitions in North Africa”, held in Rabat by OHCHR, APT and the Inter-Ministerial Commission of Morocco; (r)June 2012: Consultations on the NPM of Panama, held in Panama by APT; (s)July 2012: Follow-up consultations to the Subcommittee visit, held in Beirut by OHCHR; (t)August 2012: Seminar on torture prevention in Africa, in particular on the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the Guidelines and Measures for the Prohibition and Prevention of Torture, Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in Africa (Robben Island Guidelines), held in Johannesburg by APT and the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights; (u)September 2012: Seminar and consultations on the establishment of the NPM in Turkey, held in Ankara by APT and a consortium of Turkish non-governmental organizations; (v)December 2012: International Congress on “Children and violence in juvenile justice – the current situation, prevention and response mechanisms: the Latin American experience”, held in Asunción by Defence for Children International with the support of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. 31.Under the framework of the European NPM Project of the Council of Europe/European Union, with APT as implementing partner, the Subcommittee has participated in two thematic workshops: (a) on the immigration removal process and preventive monitoring, in Switzerland in March 2012; and (b) on the removal process: NPM communication with the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union (FRONTEX) and other immigration stakeholders, in Serbia in June 2012. The Subcommittee also participated in consultations on the process of NPM establishment in Ukraine in April 2012. 32.In the context of the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the Optional Protocol by the General Assembly, the Permanent Mission of France to the United Nations in New York organized a seminar entitled “OPCAT+10: Making a Difference in Torture Prevention”, held on 10 May 2012 at United Nations Headquarters. The event was co-sponsored by APT and OHCHR. It gathered international and national experts (including the Head of the French NPM) and was well attended (by nearly 60 State and NGO