1.5 Publications Collection of Opinions and Recommendations Published by the CGLPL between 2008 and 2014 In the course of the first Contrôleur Général’s term of office, thirty-six opinions and recommendations were published in the Journal officiel de la République française, that is to say an average of one every two months. They supplement and shed light upon the institution’s other means of expression (and therefore of making recommendations), i.e. the reports drawn up after each visit and the Annual Reports. The Contrôle Général wanted to compile the whole of these public opinions, recommendations and urgent recommendations in a single work, designed as a tool for the development of concrete rights, which is likely to inspire other actors. Having ascertained that these opinions and recommendations can prove to be relevant for other national preventive mechanisms throughout the world, the Contrôleur général des lieux de privation de liberté decided to translate this collection into English and Spanish, in collaboration with the international NGO the Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT), in order to make it accessible to a larger number of actors working in favour of the prevention of torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading punishments. The whole of this collection of opinions and recommendations is available in the three languages on the website of the Contrôleur général des lieux de privation de liberté 40. MOOK “Confinement: Observation, Protection and Alerts” As part of its control duties of respect for fundamental rights, the CGLPL finds itself dealing with social questions on a daily basis which, far from only being relevant to persons deprived of liberty, should be of concern to citizens as a whole. On the strength of its practical knowledge of places of deprivation of liberty, the Contrôle Général collaborated with the Autrement publishing house in 2014 for the publication of a topical “Mook” (magazine/book) on the question of confinement. Through life testimonies, in-depth articles and interviews with various different parties, the intention of this work for the public at large is to broaden reflection and provide a fresh look at these places and the people confined in them. To this end, various different actors are allowed to express themselves – inspectors, prison officers, prisoners, associations, victims, architects, doctors and jurists. 40 www.cglpl.fr/en/ 45