Parties (COSP) on behalf of GANHRI and chaired a working group meeting at COSP at which the Terms of Reference were finalised and four priority actions for the upcoming year were agreed. • The Commission contributed to the monitoring of New Zealand’s compliance with the Optional Protocol for the Convention against Torture (OPCAT). As New Zealand’s central preventive mechanism for OPCAT, the Commission worked with the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) namely the Office of the Ombudsman, Independent Police Conduct Authority, Office of the Children’s Commissioner and the Inspector of Service Penal Establishment to ensure effective measures are in place to prevent torture and ill treatment. During the year, the NPM provided an annual report to Parliament on the results of its monitoring. • The Commission participated in the Asia Pacific Forum (APF) Roundtable for National Human Rights Institutions on the Rights of Women and Girls in Apia which was co-hosted by the APF and the Office of the Ombudsman/NHRI Samoa. The Roundtable adopted the Apia Statement for NHRIs on the human rights of women and girls in the Pacific region. 32 Human Rights Commission