5 Table of Contents Foreword............................................................................................................................... 2 › 2› 3› 1 The Parliamentary Ombudsman’s Prevention Mandate............................................... 7 Working Methods........................................................................................................ 11 Selected topics from 2020.. ........................................................................................ 19 › Increased Isolation and Stricter Conditions in Prison During the COVID-19 Pandemic....19 › Children's Rights in Mental Healthcare Should Be Better Safeguarded..........................26 › When Children Live Alone With Adults in a Child Welfare Institution..............................32 4 › Visits, Follow-ups and Results in 2020...................................................................... 39 › Visits in 2020.....................................................................................................................39 › Visit reports published in 2020.........................................................................................40 › Follow-up after visits.........................................................................................................48 › Some results in 2020........................................................................................................49 › 6› 7› 5 National Dialogue........................................................................................................ 53 International Cooperation........................................................................................... 61 Statistics..................................................................................................................... 65 Activities in 2020.. .............................................................................................................. 68 Budget and Accounts 2020................................................................................................ 72

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