87 Activities in 2019 Meetings, visits and participation at seminars in Norway WHEN ACTIVITY 25 January Forandringsfabrikken’s launch of the report: Hvis jeg var ditt barn. Om tvang i barnevernsinstitusjon (If I were your child. On the use of coercion in child welfare institutions). 5 February Ombudsman network meeting at the offices of the Equality and Anti-Discrimination Ombudsman. 11 February Meeting with the advisory committee to the National Preventive Mechanism. 13 February Meeting with the advisory committee to the Norwegian National Human Rights Institution (NIM). 18 February Forandringsfabrikken’s launch of the report: Hvis jeg var ditt barn. Om tvang i psykisk helsevern. (If I were your child. On the use of coercion in psychiatric health care). 25 February Meeting with the management of Lovisenberg Diaconal Hospital, mental healthcare clinic on a project on reducing the use of coercion. 6 March Seminar at the Ombudsman for Children's offices on the topic ‘Ungdomskriminalitet – straff som virker?’ (Youth Crime – what punishment works?’). 13 March Meeting with Forandringsfabrikken. 27 March Submission and presentation of the annual report 2018 to the Storting’s Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs. 15 May Meeting with the Office for Children, Youth and Family Affairs (Bufetat) Region East on their work on safety and security in institutions. 22 May Round table conference on the best interests of the child upon detention. Organised by the Norwegian Police Immigration Service (NPIS). 22 May Meeting with the advisory committee to the Norwegian National Human Rights Institution. 3 June Meeting of the advisory committee to the National Preventive Mechanism, with a visit from the Norwegian Board of Health Supervision, which gave a talk on the nationwide supervision of child welfare institutions in 2018. 18 June Submission and presentation of the Special Report to the Storting on Solitary Confinement and Lack of Human Contact in Norwegian Prisons (the Special Report) to the Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs. 21 June Annual meeting with the Ministry of Justice and Public Security. 21 August Meeting with the Directorate of the Norwegian Correctional Service on the Special Report. 21 August Meeting with lawyer Maria Hessen Jacobsen on solitary confinement in Norwegian prisons.