● The conference “National Prevention Mechanism faced with overcrowding in places of deprivation from freedom. Approaches and strategies”, December 18-19, 2018, Tunisia. The goals of the conference were as follows: identifying the causes and factors contributing to overcrowding; developing efficient means to monitor overcrowding in detention places and methods to control the quality of conditions; learning about the various approaches and success solutions of the invited NPMs; cooperation with judicial authorities; reinforcing the relation between NPM and state institutions. ●The international conference dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Armenian NPM, organized during November 28-29, 2018 in Yerevan, Armenia. The main topics were: • good practices in the prevention of torture and the enforcement of ECHR decisions; implementation of NPM recommendations. Ms Mari Amost, SPT member, argued that some things and mentalities are hard to change. She reminded of the following efficient post-visit strategies, with a view to enforcing recommendations: maintaining permanent dialogue with authorities, organizing courses to raise awareness. She also mentioned article 11 of OPCAT regarding the 88