A/HRC/29/22 Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (2010), the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (2013) and the Committee on the Rights of the Child (2011), and the universal periodic review (2014). More specifically, support will be provided for follow-up and tracking of the status of the implementation of recommendations of international human rights mechanisms by State institutions. Furthermore, support will be provided to the Unit to: ensure the compliance of all Afghan laws, regulations, policies, strategies and State programmes with international human rights standards to which Afghanistan is a State party; raise awareness and build the capacity of State officials on human rights commitments; and provide technical assistance and capacity-building within the Unit in its coordination of the universal periodic review recommendations. 34. In Bhutan, a United Nations Volunteer will be attached to the United Nations country team or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to provide technical support to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the establishment of an inter-ministerial coordination body. 35. Continuing support has also been provided on the ground for follow-up to recommendations of international human rights mechanisms in the framework of the United Nations country programming. For instance, based on the experience of cooperation with Barbados in 2015, OHCHR will extend cooperation to English-speaking Eastern Caribbean States, through support to be provided by a national human rights institution and universal periodic review focal point based at the Office of the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Barbados and the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States, and working closely with United Nations entities in the region. Activities will focus on raising awareness of human rights and the United Nations protection mechanisms; encouraging concrete actions by Governments to address the recommendations made by international human rights mechanisms, the establishment of inter-institutional coordinating mechanisms, the creation of follow-up plans and the development of tools; and providing technical advice and support to build and strengthen existing national capacities to promote and protect human rights. 36. The OHCHR Regional Office for South America will continue supporting Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Peru and Uruguay to enhance their capacity to follow up on the recommendations of international human rights mechanisms, including through cooperation within the framework of the United Nations country programming. In cooperation with the United Nations country teams, and with expert advice and support from the Regional Office, OHCHR will continue to provide support to the Governments and civil society in analysing and reviewing key universal periodic review recommendations, establishing inter-institutional mechanisms, defining road maps and identifying the needs for capacity-building and technical assistance, which have been integrated into the respective United Nations common country programming documents, such as the United Nations Development Assistance Framework. Furthermore, OHCHR will support the documenting and sharing of good practices of cooperation with United Nations human rights mechanisms among countries of the region, as well as those of strategies and policies to address key thematic human rights issues. 37. Moreover, technical assistance and support will be provided to a number of States focusing on priority thematic issues. For instance, in the Philippines, a seminar package will be provided to the Philippines Human Rights Commission through the United Nations Development Programme in order for it to organize a workshop on the establishment of a national preventative mechanism envisaged under the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. In Thailand, the Ministry of Justice has been taking the lead to prepare for the ratification of the Optional Protocol. Support in that regard will be provided to the Ministry of Justice 9