What are the key elements that may be included in a strategic plan?

While a number of different models are possible, NPM strategic plans may include most if not all of the following elements.

• The mission and vision of the NPM.
• The principles and values that guide the NPM and its working methods, including, for example, a human rights based approach, the do no harm principle, and the OPCAT spirit of dialogue.
• The mandate of the NPM, as set forth in the OPCAT and in the NPM’s legal basis.
• The strategic objectives of the NPM, based on an analysis of the situation, including the key risks of torture and ill-treatment and problems that the NPM has identified. The NPM is unlikely to be able to deal with all of them in one strategic planning period, so this section should also include the NPM’s reasoning for why it decided to focus on some issues in particular.