A/HRC/41/29 governmental mechanism on human rights with a view to encouraging a participatory approach to follow-up to universal periodic review recommendations. 28. The workshops provided space for dialogue among all the stakeholders, including development partners and the United Nations country team, involved in the implementation and monitoring of recommendations from international human rights mechanisms. As a result, civil society organizations are better able to continue advocating for and engaging with the Cambodian Human Rights Committee on the elaboration of a plan of action for the implementation of universal periodic review recommendations. 29. In Jamaica, financing from the Voluntary Fund was used to develop an online training platform for the judiciary, following a request by the Chief Justice. In 2018, the online training for the judiciary was fully drafted and designed and its contents were uploaded to a provisional web page. The platform contains four modules: international human rights law; the human rights of persons deprived of their liberty; the right to a fair trial; and the rights of persons living with HIV and of persons with disabilities. The project also included a consultation workshop to introduce regional and national references and jurisprudence. The online training course has been published on the website of the Judicial Education Institute in Jamaica (www.demoprojectsvml.com/IHR/). 30. On 13 December 2018, a workshop for parliamentarians was organized by the OHCHR presence in the Niger to raise awareness among parliamentarians of their roles and responsibilities regarding implementation of universal periodic review recommendations. Parliamentarians, including members of the network on human rights, were briefed on the National Implementation Action Plan adopted by the Council of Ministers in 2017, which set as priorities the implementation of universal periodic review recommendations, the submission of the universal periodic review mid-term report in 2019 and the submission of periodic reports to treaty bodies. 31. The role of parliamentarians in the implementation of accepted recommendations is crucial, as many of these recommendations necessitate the adoption of laws and policies and the ratification of United Nations human rights treaties. As a result of the workshop, parliamentarians better understand the universal periodic review mechanism and the human rights commitments of the Niger, and will be able to take the initiative on the effective implementation of universal periodic review recommendations. 32. The OHCHR Regional Office for the Pacific used the Voluntary Fund to recruit a national United Nations Volunteer to support the ongoing work of the Regional Office related to the universal periodic review, including the assessment of universal periodic review recommendations. The Volunteer started work at the end of November 2018, providing technical support to the United Nations country team in Fiji for its universal periodic review submission and to the Citizen’s Constitutional Forum, the lead civil society organization for the preparation of the civil society submission on Fiji. The United Nations Volunteer will also engage in the development, coordination and delivery of awarenessraising and training activities for national and regional stakeholders on, inter alia, the role of international human rights mechanisms, the establishment of national mechanisms for reporting and follow-up, universal periodic review reporting and the development of plans of action and indicators for the implementation of recommendations. It is also planned to organize mock sessions of the universal periodic review. 33. The OHCHR Regional Office for South America assisted Argentina in the establishment of a system for follow-up and implementation of recommendations – the Monitoring System on International Recommendations database known as SIMORE – through the facilitation of the transfer of the software and methodology by Paraguay to Argentina. An initial round of workshops were carried out in 2018 for the training of focal points, with the aim to integrate the database methodology and software. Results to date include the strengthening of capacity to organize recommendations into thematic groups and databases and to indicate their link to the Sustainable Development Goals, the identification of focal points, and the acquisition of the methodology shared by Paraguay. Workshops will continue in 2019. 34. The Regional Office for South America also supported activities in Uruguay through the use of the Voluntary Fund. The Fund’s support was crucial for the work on “Structural 7