Other contacts and activities
b.
Other contacts
In January 2017, the Commission, acting in its capacity as an
observer member, participated in the Conference of Swiss Correctional Physicians.
In May 2017, the NCPT gave a lecture at an ongoing training
event sponsored by the Office for Refugee Counselling (Kirchliche
Kontaktstelle für Flüchtlingsfragen, KKF / Office de consultation sur
l’asile, OCA). Representatives of the Commission provided an overview of its monitoring activities at federal asylum centres and in
connection with repatriations by air.
In September 2017, the Paulus Akademie in Zurich held a conference on the enforcement of in-patient medical treatment measures. At that event, the Commission presented its report on facilities for the enforcement of administrative measures, which was
published in May 2017.
At the Bern University Conference on Migration Rights, the
Commission held a presentation on its activities regarding migrant
rights monitoring.
The Commission was represented at the celebration of the 40th
anniversary of the founding of the Association for the Prevention of
Torture (APT) in Geneva. It also participated in an ongoing training
event organised by APT in relation to the Mandela Rules, which
took place in Bristol.
As a member of the advisory committee of the Swiss Centre of
Expertise in Human Rights (SCHR), the Commission attended two
SCHR meetings during the past year.
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