Annual Report 2015
Introduction
This annual report details the activities of the members and the additional
associates within the Dutch National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) on the conditions
of detention and treatment of persons restricted in their freedom in 2015. The NPM
concludes that the rights of persons restricted in their freedom in the Netherlands
are generally respected.
As in previous years, the NPM in 2015 performed both supervision and advisory
activities. In addition, the NPM took the next step in intensifying the collaboration
between the organisations involved. The July 2015 advisory visit of the United
Nations' Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) to the Netherlands and the
Dutch NPM contributed greatly to this. The NPM will continue its intensification
process in 2016. 999
Together with the other Dutch NPM members and associates, I expect this annual
report to provide a sound overview of the activities of the Dutch NPM network and
to provide valuable information to the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT)
and all other involved parties in the field.
J.G. Bos
Head of the Inspectorate of Security and Justice
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