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Contents
Abbreviations .......................................................................................................................................................... 6
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................ 8
1. The legal background of the operation and the budget of the National Preventive Mechanism ........ 10
1.1. The Fundamental Law of Hungary ........................................................................................................ 10
1.2. International treaties................................................................................................................................. 10
1.2.1. UN instruments .................................................................................................................................... 10
1.2.2. Instruments of the Council of Europe ..................................................................................................... 12
1.3. Preventive activities of the National Preventive Mechanism ............................................................. 13
1.4. Costs related to performing the tasks of the NPM in 2017 ............................................................... 14
2. Staff members participating in performing tasks related to the NPM ..................................................... 16
2.1. Public servants in the Office of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights ................................. 16
2.2. External experts ........................................................................................................................................ 17
3. The NPM’s cooperation with civil society organizations ........................................................................... 18
3.1. The tasks of the Civil Consultative Body .............................................................................................. 18
3.2. The meetings of the CCB ........................................................................................................................ 19
3.3. The establishment of the second Civil Consultative Body ................................................................. 26
3.4. Further cooperation with civil organizations........................................................................................ 26
4. Register of domestic places of detention and the NPM’s annual schedule of visits .............................. 28
4.1. The 2017 schedule of visits of the NPM .............................................................................................. 28
4.2. Locations visited by the NPM in 2017 .................................................................................................. 29
5. The NPM’s visits .............................................................................................................................................. 30
5.1. Planning and preparing the visits ........................................................................................................... 30
5.1.1. Composition of the visiting delegations..................................................................................................... 31
5.2. Conducting the visits ................................................................................................................................ 31
5.2.1. Access to places of detention, proving the mandate to proceed .................................................................... 31
5.2.2. Inspecting a place of detention ................................................................................................................. 32
5.2.3. Interviews .............................................................................................................................................. 32
5.2.4. Document inspection .............................................................................................................................. 33
5.2.5. Concluding the visit ................................................................................................................................ 33
5.2.6. Processing and evaluating experiences gained and information obtained in the course of the visits ............... 34
6. Focal points of the visits conducted within the powers of the NPM ...................................................... 35
6.1. Reception ................................................................................................................................................... 35
6.2. Material conditions of detention ............................................................................................................ 35
6.3. Vulnerable groups..................................................................................................................................... 35
6.4. Medical care ............................................................................................................................................... 36
6.5. Nutrition .................................................................................................................................................... 36
6.6. Activities, free time ................................................................................................................................... 36
6.7. Coercive, disciplinary, and restrictive measures ................................................................................... 36