Choices made by the states parties in respect of the NPMs Three trends around the world: Designation of existing National Human Rights Institutions: Designation of existing National Human Rights Institutions: Human Rights Commissions (like Mexico and Mauritius) or Ombudsman Offices (like Denmark, Armenia, Sweden and Costa Rica); Designation of a number of institutions that together carry out NPM functions: Designation of a number of institutions that together carry out NPM functions: New Zealand (5 institutions: the Human Rights Commission (as a central body), Office of the Ombudsman, the Independent Police Conduct Authority, the Office of the Childrens Commissioner and the Inspector of Service Penal Establishments of the Office of the Judge Advocate General of the Armed Forces) or Slovenia and Moldova, where in both countries the mandate of the NPM is carried out by the respective Ombudsman Offices together with local NGOs; Creation of an entirely new institution for the purposes of an NPM: Creation of an entirely new institution for the purposes of an NPM: France- the general Inspector of Places of Deprivation of Liberty; Senegal- the office of the National Observer of Places of Deprivation of Liberty; the forthcoming National Committee for the Prevention of Torture in Paraguay.
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