OSCE/ODIHR Opinion on the Draft Amendments to the Act on Establishment of the Slovak National Centre for Human Rights c) publishes at its website information on temporary countervailing measures under § 8a para. 4 of the Antidiscrimination Act, d) files legal actions pursuant to § 9a of the Antidiscrimination Act. (4) In exercising its tasks the Centre cooperates with national and foreign institutions and organisations active in the area of human rights and in the area of non-discrimination. (5) For the purposes of educational activities and information campaigns under para. 2 subpara. c), the Centre co-operates with experts in the relevant field and with public. (6) For the purposes of this Act, legal aid in the area of human rights and non-discrimination under para. 2 subpara. d) means a) legal advice, including consultancy services, b) assistance in out-of-court settlements, including through intermediating resolution through mediation1a), c) representation of a party in an antidiscrimination dispute1b). (7) The Government of the Slovak Republic, the National Council of the Slovak Republic and public administration bodies are within their jurisdiction obliged to submit the Centre its statement concerning the independent opinion, recommendation or proposal addressed to it by the Centre under para. 2 subpara. g) within 30 days upon delivery. (8) Within independent investigation under para. 3 subpara. a), the inspected subject is, in line with conditions laid down in special laws, obliged to provide the Centre’s employee necessary cooperation and allow him/her to see the documentation, records and other materials needed for effective independent investigation. An employee of the Centre conducting independent investigation is bound by confidentiality concerning the facts that came to his/her knowledge in connection to its conduct. A report from the independent investigation shall be published at the website of the Centre. (9) Annually, by 31 May, the Centre submits a report on the observance of human rights including the area of non-discrimination in the Slovak Republic for the previous year and publishes it, at the same time, at its website. (10) Courts, prosecution, other state bodies, bodies of territorial self-government, bodies of interest self-government and other public institutions are obliged to provide the Centre, upon its request, information on the observance of human rights within 30 days upon the receipt of the Centre’s request. (11) Subjects adopting temporary countervailing measures are obliged to provide the Centre upon its request information on the adopted temporary countervailing measures under § 8a para. 4 of the Antidiscrimination Act within 30 days upon delivery of the request. (12) The mandate of the Centre does not cover the intelligence services. §2 (1) The Centre is an independent legal entity.2) It is not entered in the Companies Register. 30