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Slovenia,  the  relevant  legislation  setting  up  the  National  Preventive
              Mechanism designates the Human Rights Ombudsman to perform this
              function  in  cooperation  with  non-governmental  and  humanitarian
              organisations.
              The Seimas Ombudsman of Lithuania's Annual Report for 2017 explains
              how,  in  practice  they  cooperate  with  civil  society,  non-government
              organisations, human rights experts, and other social partners. This not
              only  involves  regular  meetings  and  discussions  but  also  active
              involvement in the process of investigating complaints. The Romanian’s
              People’s  Advocate’s  2017  Annual  Report  records  that  cooperation
              protocols were signed with UNICEF Romania and Save the Children in
              2017.  In  the  Russian  Federation  the  High  Commissioner  for  Human
              Rights,  by  virtue  of  his/her  mandate,  engages  with  Public  Monitoring
              Commissions whose main task is to monitor the observance of the rights
              of persons held in places of detention.


              Cooperation with other national human rights structures

              Principle 11(c)
              In  the  Slovak  Republic,  the  Public  Defender  of  Rights  is  required  to
              cooperate  with  other  entities  active  in  the  protection  of  rights  and
              freedoms, such as human rights institutions. The Austrian Ombudsman
              Board’s Annual Report for 2017 records its participation in the annual
              meeting  of  National  Human  Rights  Institutions  (NHRIs)  at  the  Global
              Alliance of NHRIs and its active collaboration with the European Network
              of  NHRIs,  both  as  an  NHRI  itself  and  as  the  headquarters  of  the
              International  Ombudsman  Institute  secretariat.  Many  Ombudsman
              Offices are also their country’s NHRI.
              Ombudsman institutions are usually cooperating with a large number of
              other human rights structures which operate in related and similar fields.
              In  Moldova,  the  Torture  Prevention  Division  of  the  People’s  Advocate
              Office has established cooperation with the designated NPM – the Expert
              Council for the Prevention of Torture – which consists of representatives
              of  civil  society.  With  the  assistance  of  the  Council  of  Europe,  the
              communication between the two bodies was strengthened, thus reducing
              the incidence of parallel monitoring activities that might undermine the
              work of each institution. As a result, joint visits to places of detention were
              carried  out  and  joint  reports  and  recommendations  were  produced.
              Similarly, in the Russian Federation, the High Commissioner for Human
              Rights, as mentioned above, by virtue of his/her mandate, engages with
              Public  Monitoring  Commissions  whose  main  task  is  to  monitor  the
              observance of the rights of persons held in places of detention.
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