Acting on the recommendation of the NPM, the Reception-transit Center for migrants in Subotica conspicuously highlighted house rules, translated into English, Arabic and Farsi language. The NPM, in April 2016 visited the Center and after which Report on visit with reccomendations was submitted to the competent authority.

Accommodation and treatment in social welfare institutions with a special focus on homes for the elderly and restrictions on freedom with excessive medication was the topic of a meeting of the Network of national preventive mechanisms of Southeast Europe, held in Salzburg from 20 to 22 April 2016. On behalf of the National Preventive Mechanism of the Republic of Serbia (NPM), the meeting attended Milos Jankovic, Deputy Ombudsman and coordinator of the Serbian NPM and Milan M. Marković, Legal Adviser of the Initiative for the rights of people with mental disabilities MDRI-S and member of the team NPM Serbia. They presented experiences from the visits to the residential social care institutions in the Republic of Serbia. 

Deputy Ombudsman, in the performance of NPM, in cooperation with the representative associations of the Belgrade Center for Human Rights, on 03 March 2016 at night, visited Admission Centre Sid. The visit was unannounced and at that time there were no irregularities in the treatment of refugees / migrants.

NPM team, which consisted of a representative of the Protector of Citizens, the representatives of Ombudsman of Autonomous Province Vojvodina and the representative of the NGO Initiative for the rights of people with mental disabilities - MDRI-s, conducted on 25 February 2016 an unannounced visit to "Veternik" Residential Center for Children and Youthwith Development Problems, in order to monitor the actions upon recommendations from previous visits.

NPM conducted on 09 and 10 February 2016, visit to the Krusevac Police Department and police station in its composition. The visit was carried in order to be monitored the general procedures of the police toward detainees and the treatment of refugees / migrants.

Acting on the recommendations of the NPM, Zaječar Police Department (PD) hand to all detainees a written notice of rights, and after completing the detention written record of detention for insight and signature. Costs of food for all detainees in police stations now come from the Police Department Zaječar.

Material conditions in the detention facilities of the PD Zaječar have been enhanced, so as better artificial illumination is provided, while in police stations Sokobanja and Boljevac were starting with preparation of project documentation and provision of funds for renovation of existing premises for detention. Also, PD Zaječar has taken measures and provided keeping audio and video surveillance in all police stations. In the coming period, with the consent of the Police Directorate, PD Zaječar is planning to conduct the training for police officers in relation to work with persons with mental disabilities.

The Ombudsman in carrying out the work of the NPM, in November 2015, visited Zajecar Police Department in order to monitor the treatment of detained persons and to follow up the recommendations addressed through the report on the visit in 2012.