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Contents
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 6
1. The legal background of the NPM’s operation ...................................................................................... 7
1.1. The Fundamental Law of Hungary................................................................................................. 7
1.2. International instruments ............................................................................................................... 7
1.2.1. UN documents ........................................................................................................................... 7
1.2.2. Documents of the Council of Europe ................................................................................................ 9
1.3. Prevention activities of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights .............................................. 11
1.4. The budget of the National Preventive Mechanism ...................................................................... 11
2. Designation of the National Preventive Mechanism ............................................................................ 13
2.1. Establishing an organizational unit responsible for performing the tasks of the NPM .................. 13
2.2. The list of places of detention ...................................................................................................... 14
2.3. The NPM’s schedule of visits for 2015 ......................................................................................... 15
2.4. The costs of the establishment of the NPM ................................................................................. 16
3. Staff members participating in the performance of the tasks of the NPM ........................................... 17
3.1. Public servants in the Office of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights ................................. 17
3.2. External experts ........................................................................................................................... 18
4. Civil Consultative Body....................................................................................................................... 19
4.1. Establishment of the Civil Consultative Body............................................................................... 19
4.2. The tasks of the Civil Consultative Body ...................................................................................... 20
4.3. The operation of the Civil Consultative Body ............................................................................... 20
5. Performing the NPM’s tasks ............................................................................................................... 22
5.1. Access to the places of detention, timing the visits ....................................................................... 22
5.2. Planning and preparing the visits .................................................................................................. 23
5.2.1. The composition of visiting delegations ............................................................................................ 23
5.3. The conduct of visits .................................................................................................................... 24
5.3.1. Proof of authorization to proceed ................................................................................................... 24
5.3.2. Inspection of a place of detention ................................................................................................... 24
5.3.3. Interviews................................................................................................................................. 24
5.3.4. Document inspection................................................................................................................... 25
5.3.5. Concluding the visit .................................................................................................................... 26
5.4. Processing and evaluating information obtained in the course of the visits ................................... 26
5.4.1. Preparing the NPM’s reports ....................................................................................................... 26
5.4.2. The report of the NPM .............................................................................................................. 27