A/HRC/32/22 Public interest was broadly defined and protection was guaranteed for a broad spectrum of reports of irregularities and unethical behaviour. There was a clear procedure to be followed to report suspicions of corruption. Montenegro established an external independent authority which guaranteed comprehensive protection of whistle-blowers, complementary to the judicial protections of whistle-blowers against discrimination and harassment at work. Oman 57. The Government of Oman provided information on its criminal law and criminal procedure law on combating corruption while respecting human rights. The State’s anticorruption agency was legally, financially and administratively independent. Paraguay 58. The Government of Paraguay highlighted the importance of transparency, integrity, good governance and prevention of corruption in public policies. It established a national anti-corruption agency with the mandate to coordinate, implement and monitor public policies in the areas of transparency and integrity. 59. The Government reported on the State’s participation in international and regional anti-corruption conventions and its cooperation with the relevant review mechanisms. Several inter-institutional cooperation agreements had been concluded to coordinate the implementation of policies of transparency, integrity and anti-corruption. The Government also reported on the National Plan for the Prevention of Corruption and the creation of transparency and anti-corruption units. A series of lectures and seminars aimed at strengthening public ethics, transparency and integrity and anti-corruption had been organized. 60. The Government carried out an institutional diagnostic of transparency, anticorruption and good practices in public institutions and adopted a law on free access to public information and governmental transparency. Peru 61. The Government of Peru highlighted the importance of open government, transparency and access to public information as important elements to ensure accountability of public entities and respect for human rights. 62. The State’s national human rights action plan aimed, inter alia, at consolidating the mechanisms for access to public information, including by strengthening the system for reporting suspicions of corruption. Similarly, the national plan for education on fundamental rights and responsibilities recognized that the creation of a human rights culture required combating corruption. The Government shared examples of interinstitutional and transnational cooperation and coordination in the area of open government and anti-corruption. 63. It highlighted that corruption affected the society in general, which could be seen from perception indices. The rate of identification and prosecution of corruption cases indirectly determined the realization of human rights. 64. Peru included human rights considerations in its self-assessment of implementation of the United Nations Convention against Corruption with regard to extradition. Peru interpreted the relevant provision in conformity with the pertinent national legislation on this subject, which stipulated that its international judicial cooperation should be governed by international treaties ratified by Peru and in the absence thereof by the principle of reciprocity, with due respect for human rights. Consequently, extradition must adhere to 9