NORWEGIAN PARLIAMENTARY OMBUDSMAN National Preventive Mechanism ANNUAL REPORT 2017 70 Activities in 2017 WHEN 4 January 10 January ACTIVITY Meeting with Chief Parliamentary Ombudsman Elisabeth Rynning and head of the NPM in Sweden Gunilla Bergerèn Breakfast meeting to launch the Equality and Anti-Discrimination Ombudsman’s alternative report to the UN Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 14–15 January KROM (Norwegian Association for Penal Reform) conference 2017 17–18 January Meeting of Nordic national preventive mechanisms in Helsinki 18 January Visit to Jusshuset/Gatejuristen 18 January Meeting of the advisory committee to the Norwegian National Human Rights Institution (NIM) 26 January Meeting with the management of the Correctional Service Region East 31 January 2 February 13 February 15 February Meeting on consultation on proposals for amendments to the provisions on coercive measures in the Immigration Act Talk at the national forum for emergency psychiatry Meeting of the advisory committee to the National Preventive Mechanism Launch of UNICEF’s report on the sustainable development goals and children in Norway – a status report 16 February Working lunch with the Norwegian National Human Rights Institution 16 February Visit by a delegation from Tajikistan 28 February Webinar: How to Get Involved in the UN Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty 2 March The prison radio service Røverradioen’s event on prison inmates with mental health problems 6 March Launch of the book ‘Menneskerettighetene og Norge’ 16 March Lecture for international law students at the University of Oslo 17 March Meeting with the Norwegian Board of Health Supervision 28 March Launch of the Norwegian National Human Rights Institution's annual report for 2016 30 March 30 March The Parliamentary Ombudsman submitted the annual reports for 2016 to the Storting’s Presidium repr. by Marit Nybakk Presentation of the annual reports to the Storting's Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs