in whose country the national preventive mechanism operates according to the Ombudsman plus model (Ombudsman + NGOs), wanted to learn about the activities of the Polish preventive mechanism that operates according to the Ombudsman model. Visit of the UN subcommittee on prevention of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (SPT) In 2018, for the first time, Polish places of detention were visited by the UN Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (SPT). Its members also met with the Commissioner for Human Rights, members of the National Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture, as well as representatives of relevant authorities, human rights institutions and non-governmental organizations. During the meeting at the CHR Office, key issues related to OPCAT implementation in Poland, including the activities of the NMPT, were discussed. In addition, the UN delegation observed the work of the Mechanism during its visit to the Warsaw I District Police Unit. Representatives of the NMPT were also invited by the SPT to participate as observers in its visit to a place of detention in Warsaw. The SPT’s visit to our country has been of great significance in terms of its educational and preventive value. It has encouraged the authorities to reflect on how people deprived of their liberty are treated, on the compliance with the guarantees of protection against torture and on cooperation with human rights organizations. Advisory activities General interventions According to Article 14(2) of the Act on the Commissioner for Human Rights, the Commissioner may file a motion with an agency, organization or institution whose activity has been found to have caused an infringement of the liberties and rights of an individual and a citizen. In 2018, as the National Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture, the CHR submitted 6 general interventions in which he pointed out to the following issues: Report of the Commissioner for Human Rights on the activities of the National Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture in Poland in 2018 23