89 Activities in 2019 Meetings and visits from abroad WHEN ACTIVITY 14 March Meeting with the organisation Prison-Insider, represented by Carolina Nascimento. The NPM provided input on the development of the organisation’s information page about Norway. 14 May Meeting with a delegation from the state of Louisiana, United States, which is working to improve prison conditions in the state. The delegation represented universities, non-governmental organisations and local authorities, and they were particularly interested in supervisory arrangements and control of prison operations. 20 June Meeting with Professor Steve Chanenson, Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law. Professor Chanenson is involved in a research team that works with the Directorate of the Norwegian Correctional Service (KDI) and Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. 9 October Meeting with the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities. Meeting with the ombudsman about the visit of the Rapporteur to Norway. 1 November Talk on the NPM’s work and methods for a delegation from the Vera Institute of Justice, Center of Sentencing and Corrections from New York, United States. Meetings and visits abroad, participation in international conferences etc. WHEN ACTIVITY 9 January Seminar and panel discussion on improving NPMs’ supervision methods at DIGNITY, Copenhagen, Denmark. 24 January Meeting of the Nordic NPM network in Helsinki, Finland. Focus on elderly care and people with disabilities. 7 March Video conference with the European NPM network. 29 August Meeting of the Nordic NPM network in Reykjavik, Iceland. Focus on ethical dilemmas in treatment, in particular the balance between the right to privacy and security. 4–5 November Meetings in Strasbourg, France, on occasion of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture’s (CPT) 30th anniversary and meetings of the European NPM network.