A/HRC/33/36 undertake measures in the course of implementing the recommendations that emerged from the second universal periodic review cycle in May 2014. On 21 December 2015, during a press briefing, the Minister of Justice and Human Rights announced a public outreach campaign concerning the plan for carrying out the recommendations and commitments arising from the universal periodic review. On 17 December 2015, he asked the Prime Minister to request the ministers affected by the various recommendations to ensure their implementation. 67. Following the ratification, in September 2015, of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the Ministry for Social Affairs, Humanitarian Action and National Solidarity, in collaboration with the Ministry of Public Health and with technical support from the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office, organized two workshops for members of the steering committee in charge of the organization of the forum on the situation of persons with disabilities, in September and November 2015. These workshops focused on the collection of data on the situation of persons with disabilities and on the rights of persons with disabilities. On 20 and 21 May 2016, a five-year plan (2016-2021) for the promotion and protection of the rights of persons with disabilities was adopted during a workshop organized by the Ministry of Social Affairs, Humanitarian Action and National Solidarity with the collaboration of the national fund for promotional efforts and social services. 68. In July and August 2015, with technical and financial support from the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office, the Interministerial Committee on Human Rights, which works within the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights, undertook missions in the eastern provinces and in Kinshasa in order to collect data on the situation with regard to torture for inclusion in the second periodic report to the Committee against Torture. B. 1. Update on national mechanisms for the protection and promotion of human rights National Human Rights Commission 69. Following the approval by the Constitutional Court of the rules of procedure of the National Human Rights Commission, the members of the Commission were sworn in by the Court on 23 July 2015, officially instituting the Commission. Members of its staff, including 10 provincial coordinators, were subsequently recruited. A permanent headquarters is to be assigned to it. 70. In April and May 2016, with technical support from United Nations Joint Human Rights Office and the headquarters of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, as well as financing from the Republic of Korea, the Commission undertook a series of national consultations in the course of developing a strategic plan. 71. Under its protection mandate, the Commission has carried out two monitoring missions with support from the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office, including an investigation into the problem of LUCHA in Goma. It has also engaged in other protection activities such as the consideration of complaints, investigations into alleged violations of human rights in Kinshasa and in the provinces, visits to places of detention and observation of the trials of human rights defenders. 72. Because the Commission has not yet been accredited, it cannot attend sessions of the Human Rights Council. Nevertheless, in October 2015, with support from the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office, the Vice-Chair and Rapporteur of the Commission undertook a mission to Geneva in the context of cooperation with international human rights mechanisms. From 21 to 23 March 2016, in collaboration with the Office of the High GE.16-13984 15