10.4. Reporting to the National Authority for Data Protection… Bureau of Investigation of the National Police Headquarters.185 In his letter, the President of the National Authority for Data Protection and Freedom of Information informed me that he had ordered an inquiry into the matter. The inquiry established that, upon receiving my letter, as a matter of urgency, the Chief of the National Police Headquarters had taken the necessary measures to ensure that the conclusions of the medical examinations conducted at the time of receiving detainees could be accessed only by those with appropriate authorization. As a normative guarantee of the lawful handling of the detainees’ medical data, the Holding Facilities’ Rules of Operation were also duly amended. The National Authority for Data Protection and Freedom of Information deemed the actions of the Chief of the National Police Headquarters, taken in order to remedy the situation, as appropriate and satisfactory, and closed the inquiry with no further action taken.186 10.5. Proposing legislation If, in order to eliminate ill-treatment or the danger thereof, I propose to modify, repeal or issue a legal rule, the organ concerned shall inform me of its position and of any measure taken within sixty days.187 The addresses responded to my recommendation set forward in my reports on the NPM’s visits, published in 2016, on the merits and within the statutory deadline. 10.6. Follow-up inquiry The national preventive mechanism should regularly verify the implementation of recommendations, primarily through follow-up visits to problematic institutions, but also based on relevant information from, among others, human rights bodies, governmental institutions, and civil society.188 Follow-up inquiries are part of the National Preventive Mechanism’s activities aimed at preventing ill-treatment of persons deprived of their 185 186 186 187 188 See Report AJB-151/2016. The letter of the President of the National Authority for Data Protection and Freedom of Information, dated October 28, 2016, sent under case number NAIH/2016/4548/4N, may be found in my Office’s archives under file number AJB-151-48/2016. See Section 37 of the Ombudsman Act. See SPT: Analytical assessment tool for national preventive mechanisms, (CAT/OP/1/Rev.1) Clause 33. 67