Report of the CHR on the Activities of the National Preventive Mechanism in Poland during a session of directors of such facilities, which took 1place on 07 October 2015 in Serock, attended by the representatives of the NPM team. A representative of NPM took part in the IX Warsaw Seminar, which took place in Lublin on 16 October 2015. The topic of the Seminar was: “Dysfunctions of Polish Law: How to Improve the System of Legal Remedies in Poland?”. The Seminar focused on the role and tasks of ECHR as well as the Polish legal remedies that are to support the implementation of ECHR judgements (constitutional complaint, complaint to declaring a legally binding decision unlawful). A representative of NPM took part in the XII Legislative Workshops, which were held in Jurata on 19-23 October 2015. The representative held a lecture entitled “”NPM and their entitlements in the legislative scope” and explained and emphasized the obligations of the Mechanism in this respect, arising from OPCAT. The thematic inspections, dedicated to verifying whether the given penitentiary unit is adapted to the needs of persons with disabilities, were attended by the representatives of the foundations Polska bez barier and Integracja. The expert opinions drawn up by the were intended to present a potentially full information about the existing barriers and obstacles as regards the general accessibility of the inspected facility and to issue recommendations in order to eliminate them, paying particular attention to architectural accessibility to persons with mobility disabilities as well as to persons with sight or hearing dysfunctions. 2. International activity In 2015, the staff members of the National Preventive Mechanism Team attended multiple international meetings related to preventing torture and organization and operation of the national preventive mechanism in European and Asian countries. They discussed the actions of the Polish National Preventive Mechanism by sharing knowledge and experience, both with the representatives of other NPMs and international organizations, including APT, CPT, and SPT. Thematic meetings were held, including but not limited to, in Vienna169, Istanbul, Geneva170, London, Bristol171, Trier172. In July, the Academy of the European National Networks of Human Rights Institutions took place in Warsaw in 2015 for the first time173. During the visit at the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights, the students of the Academy learned how the Office of the https://www.rpo.gov.pl/pl/content/przedstawiciel-zespo%C5%82u-krajowy-mechanizm-prewencji-wojciech-sadownikwzi%C4%85%C5%82-udzia%C5%82-w-trzeciej https://www.rpo.gov.pl/pl/content/przedstawiciel-zespo%C5%82u-krajowy-mechanizm-prewencji-wzi%C4%85%C5%82udzia%C5%82-w-sympozjum-jean-jacques-gautier-nt 171 https://www.rpo.gov.pl/pl/content/przedstawiciel-zespo%C5%82u-krajowy-mechanizm-prewencji-wojciech-sadownikwzi%C4%85%C5%82-udzia%C5%82-w-letniej-szkole 172 https://www.rpo.gov.pl/pl/content/przedstawicielka-zespo%C5%82u-krajowy-mechanizm-prewencji-magdalena-filipiakwzi%C4%99%C5%82a-udzia%C5%82-w-seminarium 173 https://www.rpo.gov.pl/pl/content/akademia-instytucji-praw-czlowieka 169 170 72