Annual Report 2016 of the Liechtenstein National Preventive Mechanism according to Art. 17 ff. of the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT) I. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS A) Dates of the individual visits and composition of the National Preventive Mechanism: 1. In accordance with Art. 17 ff. of the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Liechtenstein Law Gazette LGBl. 2007 No. 260), the National Preventive Mechanism (hereinafter: NPM) paid several visits to places of detention in the Principality of Liechtenstein in 2016. The individual visits took place largely without prior notice on the following dates: - 25 February 2016, from about 1:15 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. - 19 May 2016, from about 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. - 22 September 2016, from about 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. - 15 December 2016, from about 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. - 15 December 2016, from about 12:00 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. 2. These visits were carried out in each case by the following members of the NPM, all being present, with the exception of the visit on 25 February 2016, when Isolde Kieber was unable to attend, and the visit on 15 December 2016, when Dr. Gerhard Mislik was unable to attend:  Mag. iur. Franziska Goop-Monauni, LL.M., Chairperson of the Liechtenstein Corrections Commission and of the Liechtenstein NPM

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