other ombudsman decisions of importance to the rights of personsparticipation deprived of their liberty appendix: in international meetings Appendices Participation in international meetings There are extensive international activities at which there are discussions of OPCAT issues; issues of both a factual and methodological nature. Over the course of the period in question, the unit has participated in several seminars arranged by various international actors, such as the Council of Europe, universities and other ombudsman institutions. 2011 20–21 October 2011, Baku, Azerbaijan: European NPM Project 6the thematic workshop: The protection of persons belonging to particularly vulnerable groups in places of deprivation of liberty. 7 December 2011, Ljubljana, Slovenia: 3rd Annual Meeting of the Contact Persons of the European NPM Network. 2012 1–2 February 2012, Helsinki, Finland: Study visit Finland’s Parliamentary Ombudsman. 20–21 March 2012, Geneva, Switzerland: European NPM Project 8th Thematic NPM Workshop: The immigration removal process and preventive monitoring. 12–13 June 2012, Belgrade, Serbia: European NPM Project 9th thematic workshop: Irregular migrants, Frontex and the NPMs. 2013 21–22 November 2013, Strasbourg, France: “Immigration Detention in Europe” at the invitation of the Council of Europe, PACE and HM Inspectorate of Prisons. 2014 12–13 June 2014, Vilnius, Lithuania: “The Baltic-Nordic Ombudsmen Conference”. 28 October 2014, Oslo, Norway: conference “The Effects of International Monitoring Mechanisms to Prevent Torture and Ill-Treatment of Persons Deprived of their Liberty” arranged by Norway’s Parliamentary Ombudsman. 27 November 2014, Oslo, Norway: conference on isolation in Scandinavian prisons arranged by the Faculty of Law at the University of Oslo. 55