A/HRC/29/22 periodic review recommendations. Technical advice will also be provided for defining the methodology and timelines in that regard. 18. Through the work of the human rights adviser recently deployed to Jamaica, support will be provided for the drafting of a common core document, which will contribute to increasing the capacity of Jamaica to meet its reporting obligations to international human rights mechanisms as follow-up to universal periodic review recommendations. Support will also be provided for creating a database on human rights recommendations in order to increase the State capacity to follow up on the recommendations of all international human rights mechanisms. 19. In Kazakhstan, technical assistance will be provided to the Government to implement the recommendations that were put forward during the second cycle of the universal periodic review and in which developing and implementing a national action plan on human rights and strengthening the capacity of the national preventative mechanism were called for. Expert advice and guidance will be provided for the establishment of a standing national coordinating mechanism to ensure integrated follow-up to recommendations of human rights mechanisms. 20. The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia established the Inter-Sectoral Body on Human Rights following its first universal periodic review. That body is composed of the State secretaries of the key ministries and took the lead in coordinating follow-up to recommendations emanating from the universal periodic review and those of the other human rights mechanisms. Follow-up to the consultations on its second universal periodic review pointed to the need for increased substantive and expert support to the body and for increased capacity through the addition of an “expert advisory group”. Technical assistance will be provided to contribute to increasing the capacity of the body and the expert group. Various actions will be undertaken, including a study visit to other States in a similar situation, “mentoring” from another State to follow up on improving the process and capacities, training workshops (which will also reinforce the involvement of civil society stakeholders) and seminars on examining recommendations and developing tools to monitor follow-up to recommendations. 21. In Malaysia, the Human Rights and Development Theme Group of the United Nations country team has been engaging with the Government for the development of a national action plan on the implementation of recommendations of the second-cycle universal periodic review. In that regard, support will be provided to organize consultative meetings between the Government and different stakeholders on the development of the action plan. The National Human Rights Commission of Malaysia, part of the Governmental Task Force on the development of the national human rights action plan, intends to develop a database to track the implementation of the universal periodic review recommendations, in consultation with the Government of Malaysia. Support will hence be provided to Commission for developing such a database, which will be modelled on a good practice example in the area from other countries. 22. In Mali, technical assistance will be provided to strengthen the national follow-up processes. Hence, assistance will specifically be aimed at: initiating a discussion on the relevance of merging various interdepartmental committees that exist in the country; supporting the Malian authorities in preparing an implementation action plan for universal periodic review recommendations; and supporting the National Steering Committee pending the merging of the various existing interdepartmental committees. A national consultant will assist the authorities in drafting the action plan for the implementation of the recommendations. 23. Following a request from the Government of Mauritania for support in the development and implementation of a strategy to follow up on the recommendations of the 6

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