A/HRC/39/20 16. In November 2017, the Human Rights Division of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and the South Sudan Human Rights Commission jointly organized a human rights forum on freedom of expression, gathering government officials, civil society organizations and the media. On that occasion, they showed a video of the meeting on South Sudan of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review so as to raise the awareness of participants of the universal periodic review. In December 2017, the UNMISS Human Rights Division and the South Sudan Human Rights Commission conducted a series of events on gender-based violence in cooperation with the Government and nongovernmental actors. The UNMISS Human Rights Division assisted the Commission to produce a fact sheet on its activities and to launch its 2017 annual report. 17. In March 2018, OHCHR, the Uganda Human Rights Commission and some government agencies conducted two workshops on harnessing human rights indicators and on the human rights-based approach to data collection in the measurement and implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals in Uganda. The workshops also focused on Goal 16 and related recommendations from international human rights mechanisms. 2. Americas and the Caribbean 18. During the period under review, the OHCHR regional offices for South America and for Central America, the country offices in Bolivia (Plurinational State of), 3 Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico, the human rights advisers to the United Nations country teams in Barbados, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Paraguay, and the human rights component of the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti continued to provide advice on and assistance in strengthening national human rights institutions, in consultation with the OHCHR National Institutions, Regional Mechanisms and Civil Society Section. 19. During the period under review, OHCHR and the Defensoría del Pueblo of Colombia conducted joint missions to ensure the peaceful resolution of societal conflicts throughout the country. OHCHR also supported the engagement of the institution in the universal periodic review of Colombia. 3. Asia and the Pacific 20. During the period under review, the OHCHR regional offices for Southeast Asia and for the Pacific, the country offices in Cambodia and in the Republic of Korea, the human rights advisers to the United Nations country teams in Bangladesh, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and Timor-Leste, and the human rights component of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan continued to provide advice and assistance for the establishment or strengthening of national human rights institutions, in consultation with the OHCHR National Institutions, Regional Mechanisms and Civil Society Section. 21. In Malaysia, OHCHR, UNDP and the Asia-Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions conducted a capacity assessment of the Human Rights Commission, leading to the adoption of a plan of action. 22. OHCHR also provided advice to the National Commission for Human Rights of Pakistan, including regarding its participation in treaty body reviews. In January 2018, OHCHR and the Asia-Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions conducted a capacity assessment of the Commission in Pakistan. In February 2018, OHCHR conducted training on the international human rights system for members and staff of the Commission. 23. OHCHR continued to provide support to the Ombudsman of Timor-Leste to conduct human rights training for police officers. Since the launch of the programme in 2015, 611 police officers have benefited from this training. OHCHR also provided technical support to the Ombudsman for the drafting of a comprehensive manual on human rights for armed forces. 3 The OHCHR country office in the Plurinational State of Bolivia was closed in December 2017. 5