The Commission secured a budgetary allocation of $2, 403,386.00 in 2018/2019 financial year to dispense with its constitutional mandate. In pursuance of the Commission’s commitment to accountability and transparency, the long outstanding audit of the Commission’s financials was undertaken by the Office of the Auditor General in December 2018. The Commission is committed towards ensuring that it is Paris Principles compliant. It will continue to engage with the Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions as well as the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) to regain its accreditation. I would like to expresses my gratitude to the APF and GANHRI for their continued support, technical assistance and for providing our Commission with a platform to engage with fellow national human rights institutions. I am also thankful to our development partners, United Nations Development Programme, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Delegation of the European Union for the Pacific for their continued support. It gives me great pleasure to state that in accordance with section 45(2) of the Fijian Constitution, His Excellency the President Major General (Rt’d) Jioji Konrote appointed a Chairperson and members of the Commission for a term of three years. They include three women, representatives of civil society and persons with disabilities. Finally, I express my sincerest gratitude to the Chairperson, Commissioners and staff of the Commission for their contribution in building a culture of human rights in Fiji. Ashwin Raj Director FIJI HUMAN RIGHTS & ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMISSION Online Safety Bill and two International Covenants: International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). Following a decade, the Commission also submitted a substantive alternative report on the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) to the CEDAW Committee. ANNUAL REPORT 2018 15