Implementation of Duties and Powers of the National Preventive Mechanism in 2010 presence of a health care professional. If a detainee is addicted to psychoactive substances, the withdrawal crisis is treated by the psychiatrist; otherwise, as the Head explained, they attempt to terminate the accommodation of such detainees in CT. The nurse also told the expert that addicts in the withdrawal phase receive methadone if there is evidence they had been receiving it before detention outside. CT obtains methadone in quantities sufficient for several days from Ljubljana Center Health Care Centre and keeps it in a refrigerator. Urine tests are not performed, as, according to the nurse, they are not necessary, since the patients do not appear intoxicated. The same complaint procedure as for other issues also applies to complaints related to health care. As assured by the nurse, there are no such complaints, nor did we hear them when talking to detainees. The provision of health care for the detainees in CT is adequate, as also evidenced by the fact that 91 specialist and 1394 curative examinations were performed in 2009. The expert also believes that the health care in CT is prompt and good quality. The menu was not located in a visible position, not even in the dining room, which was the same as on last year’s visit. The person serving the food enabled us to inspect it, but she soon needed it again because she was in the middle of serving lunch. The Head of CT provided us with a photocopied menu and explained that the menus were not translated into any foreign language. For some time, they had been placing it on section doors, but this was unsuccessful as detainees had torn them. Despite such experience, the DPM proposed that CT provide a translation of the weekly or monthly menu into languages comprehensible to detainees, as a menu in Slovenian was not understandable for the majority of them and therefore did not serve its purpose – to inform them of what food was on offer. There were no major changes related to the organised daily activities for detainees in CT since our last visit. The key role for performing cultural, recreational and other social activities for the detainees is assumed by the Jesuit Refugee Service, who visit twice weekly on a voluntary basis. A week before our visit, they organised the fourth Games without Borders, and before that, they had prepared an intercultural evening where the aliens presented their countries; for Easter, they organised creative workshops of egg painting. CPT already explained that centres where detainees are deprived of liberty for a longer period must provide adequate physical conditions and house rules corresponding to the legal situation of aliens and employ adequately qualified personnel. When organised activities for aliens are concerned, the period their liberty is deprived, the more activities should be provided. This visit also demonstrated that the physical conditions for detainees in CT are generally good. The same applies to the general impression described above. The atmosphere among the detainees was relaxed and they did not draw attention to any circumstances indicating torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. Less encouraging is the situation relating to the organised activities for detainees. In its response report, CT emphasised the efforts of the Centre’s social workers, who organise different thematic workshops of manufacturing products and stimulate the detainees manual skills. However, they establish that the detainees, despite all the efforts of the personnel, often remain passive observers of the event. The Ministry of the Interior (MNZ) informed us that they did not have any comments on our report on the visit to CT and that the Centre would consider our proposals on how to improve the quality of life in planning and implementing their activities. Whether this forecast is realised, we will determine on the next visit to CT. National Preventive Mechanism in the Republic of Slovenia under the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 47