A two-week long study visit to the Armenian Human Rights Defender’s (HRD) Office was organised for two staff members of the Tunisian National Authority for the Prevention of Torture on 16-27 October in Yerevan (Armenia).

The visit programme combining a series of meetings with practical demonstrations has provided the Deputy-President and Secretary General of INPT with a comprehensive overview of the HRDs’ role and functioning. The Tunisian partners were thus given the opportunity to a compare their institutional experience with that of the Armenian NPM by looking at its structure, prevention practices as well as its interaction with similar organisations, state agencies and international organisations. The main part of the agenda was dedicated to visits to detention facilities and mental health care institutions.