42 Other forms of cooperation During his activity, the Commissioner strives to maintain relations with both European and non-European institutions involved in international human rights protection in as wide a range as possible. The Ombudsman supports the efforts of the international organisations, institutions, the Ombudsman institutions of other countries, and NGOs by giving policy statements, providing professional materials, participating in conferences, seminars and workshops, furthermore, by holding consultation and training sessions if necessary. At the request of our cooperation partners, our expert staff members send out professional materials and fill in questionnaires on a regular basis. Of the data provided by the Office in 2019, the following should be highlighted: The Chairman of the UN’s Open-ended Working Group on Ageing asked our Office to officially take part in the preparation of the work of the 10th session in its capacity as a status ‘A’ National Human Rights Institution. Thus, the Office supported the preparatory work of the Working Group on Ageing by giving expert answers to the questionnaires based on the discussions of the 8th session, specifically, on the topics of long-term and palliative care, as well as autonomy and independence. Related to the 11th session, the regular annual questionnaires of the UN’s Open-ended Working Group on Ageing were about the right to work and access to the labour market, and access to justice. The Office supported the Working Group by giving answers related to the normative framework of the topics of the previous session, on the subjects of education, training, life-long learning, capacity-building, as well as social protection and social security, and minimum social protection floors. At the request of the special rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, whose mandate was prolonged by resolution No. 35/6 of the United Nations Human Rights Council, the Department for Equal Opportunities and Children’s Rights of the Office answered several questionnaires in 2019. Among others, the questionnaires dealt with questions of bioethics and the rights of the elderly with disabilities. The Special Rapporteur of the UN on the Sale and Sexual Exploitation of Children Ms. Maud de Boer-Buquicchio requested and received support for her report for the 43rd session of the UN Human Rights Council, through the completion of a questionnaire. The Office also sent answers to the questionnaire of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, which they received on the subject of the enforcement of the rights of the child through access to a healthy environment. The Special Rapporteur of the UN on Violence against Women Ms. Dubravka Šimonović also turned to the National Human Rights Institutions with an information request, related to a report to be compiled on the ill-treatment and violence against women during the provision of reproductive healthcare services (with special regard to obstetric healthcare services). Our Office also took part in the information supply by presenting the related cases that our institution has Related to Sustainable Development Goal 16 (peace, justice and strong institutions), the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights requested our Office, among others, to share our best practices and experience gained as an NHRI, in support of the compilation of a report to be prepared for the 41st session of the Human Rights Council. The International Organisations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs forwarded the register of the Secretariat of the Advisory Committee of the UN Human Rights Council. This document draws attention to resolution No. 41/11 of the UN Human Rights Council of 11 July 2019, accepted by consensus, titled “New and Emerging Digital Technologies and Human Rights”, in which the Advisory Committee was asked to prepare a report on the human rights aspects of these techniques (effects, opportunities, challenges) and to submit it to the 47th session of the UN Human Rights Council. Our Office provided expert support for this. In compliance with the provisions set out in resolution No. 36/16 of the UN Human Rights Council titled “Human Rights in Justice, including Juvenile Justice”, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights prepared a report on the situation of human rights in justice, with special regard to the violent incidents, cases of death and serious injuries that occurred in situations involving deprivation of liberty. In accordance with its OPCAT NPM mandate, our Office also took its share from the data gathering preceding the report. At the request of the European Network of Ombudsmen for Children (ENOC), the staff members of the Office completed several questionnaires (Mental health of children and young people under 18; Intercountry adoption). Our Office was also contacted by the French Ombudsman for Children through the ENOC network, who asked our staff to provide them with a general description of the Hungarian child protection system. The Office provided professional support to Japanese university researcher Mr. Mahito Shindo, whose area of research is the relations between the Compliance Committee of the Aarhus Convention and the Ombudsmen, mainly those pertaining to environmental issues. Other international cooperations Expanding the scope of bilateral and multilateral cooperation with other Ombudsman institutions and international organisations involves the reception of the representatives of these organisations at our Office, as well as participation in the conferences organised by them, and it compels the Office of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights (OCFR) to join in the implementation of the projects launched by these organisations. The Commissioner for Fundamental Rights is a member of the International Ombudsman Institute (IOI) established in 1978, which comprises as many as 188 national and regional Ombudsman institutions from 90 countries of the world. become aware of. REPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF HUNGARY AND HIS DEPUTIES – 2019