The Ombudsman invited the associations, whose statute intended goal of association promotion and protection of human rights and freedoms, to cooperate in the performance of the national mechanism for the prevention of torture. Cooperation relating to the participation of representatives of associations and co-workers of associations in visits of places where persons are deprived of their liberty, drafting of reports, recommendations, opinions and other documents, as well as performing other tasks of the National Preventve Mechanism (NPM).

On 27 January 2016, NPM conducted a visit to the Institute for Education of Children and Youth "Vasa Stajić", concretely the Center for accommodation of foreign unaccompanied minors, in order to monitor the treatment of juvenile refugees / migrants.

NPM carried out, on 26 January 2016, visits to the Reception Center Sid and Reception Centre Adaševci, in order to monitor the procedures of the competent authority toward refugees / migrants.

NPM, on 22 January 2016, conducted a visit to the Directorate for Foreigners Police Department for the city of Belgrade. The aim of the visit was the  monitoring of the competent authority procedures toward refugees / migrants.

On 19 January 2016 NPM conducted a visit to the Center for asylum in Krnjača, in order to monitor the procedures of the competent authorities toward refugees / migrants.