Results The Commission, in collaboration with the four other National Preventive Mechanisms (NPMs), published an annual monitoring report of the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture (OPCAT) for the 2012–13 period. The annual report provided feedback on visits made to places of detention and the measures in place to prevent torture and ill treatment. A number of other activities are mentioned in the report, including New Zealand’s first visit from the UN Subcommittee for Prevention of Torture in May 2013, where a delegation of six independent experts visited places of detention and met with the Government, civil society organisations and NPMs. The annual report was submitted to the Minister of Justice, and a copy provided to the United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture, as required by the Crimes of Torture Act 1989. The report was tabled in Parliament on 11 December 2013 and then publicly released by the Commission. As per the identified performance measure, there was 100 per cent agreement by NPMs with the content of the annual report and satisfaction with its thoroughness and value maintaining the standard of the prior year. In May 2014, the Commission coordinated an NPM submission of information to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, following its visit to New Zealand. Also, in its role as the central NPM, the Commission convened six roundtable meetings of NPMs for the purpose of sharing information and discussing key issues. The Commission coordinated three initiatives that involved NPMs working together to prevent or address issues for people in detention. These included preparing draft and final information-sharing and publication policies and a joint NPM Identity Statement, as well as coordinating a health/mental health and detention workshop for NPM members and senior Ministry of Health and Mental Health Commission representatives. All NPMs indicated that they were satisfied with the coordination provided by the Commission, compared with two of the four NPMs in the previous year. Two were satisfied or very satisfied with the opportunities to participate in joint initiatives. Two were neutral or dissatisfied with aspects of the joint initiatives but noted that this was not solely due to the role of the Commission, but rather an area for development in the way the group worked together. Opportunities to participate was a new performance measure so no trend data is available. Annual Report 2014 59