CAT/OP/POL/CNPMRO/1 Contents Page A. B. C. Recommendations relating to institutional and structural issues ................................................... 3 1. Institutional framework and independence ........................................................................... 3 2. Obligations and visibility of the mechanism......................................................................... 11 Recommendations on methodological issues ................................................................................ 13 1. Recommendations on visit methodology .............................................................................. 13 Preparing for and conducting of visits .................................................................................. 13 Confidentiality and risk of reprisals ...................................................................................... 14 Reporting and follow-up ....................................................................................................... 14 Final recommendations ................................................................................................................. 15 Procedure of preventing reprisals against persons and organizations that provide information to representatives of the National Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture .................................... 17 Reprisals notification to the National Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture .......................... 20 Annex I Annex II 2

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