13.10.2015 Good and thorough follow-up of recommendations by Ålesund accident and emergency unit Ålesund accident and emergency unit has implemented several highly positive measures since the NPM visited Ålesund police custody facility in March.
2.10.2015 Prevention of torture in Sweden and Europe On 1 October 2015, the Parliamentary Ombudsman's National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) attended the seminar 'Förebygga tortyr i Sverige och Europa' (Preventing torture in Sweden and Europe) organised by the Swedish Parliamentary Ombudsmen (JO).
28.9.2015 Telemark Hospital Visit report points out shortcomings at the psychiatric department at Telemark Hospital. Read the report's summary and recommendations here.
20.8.2015 Trondheim Prison Women are not offered the same services as men in Trondheim Prison. Read the visit report's summary and recommendations here.
11.8.2015 Diakonhjemmet Hospital The Parliamentary Ombudsman visits all locations where people are deprived of their liberty. As part of this work, the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) has initiated a programme of visits to mental health care institutions. The NPM's first visit to this type of institution was to Diakonhjemmet Hospital.
26.6.2015 What does a #TortureFreeWorld mean to you? That is the question posed to Helga Fastrup Ervik, head of the Norwegian National Preventive Mechanism (NPM), and representatives from several international NPMs in a new video from the Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT). The video was published for the occation of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, today, 26 June. 2015.
21.4.2015 Lillestrøm police custody facility Role confusion between the accident and emergency unit and the police at Lillestrøm. Both the Lillestrøm police and the local accident and emergency unit regard medical examinations requested by the police as forensic work.