A/HRC/37/19 Annex Special Fund established by the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment: projects approved by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Grants Committee since the establishment of the Fund Year of project Grant amount (United States dollars) State Project summary Implementing entity 1. Argentina Legal reform towards the establishment of the state preventive mechanism in Tucumán, and training of judges, penitentiary officers and social workers on the rights of detainees Abogados y Abogadas del Noroeste Argentino en Derechos Humanos y Estudios Sociales (provincial preventive mechanism) 2015 35 000.00 2. Argentina Collecting data regarding violence in contexts of confinement, elaborating a study manual for prison staff, offering training for the penitentiary authorities, carrying out public events to strengthen the local preventive mechanism Xumek 2018 25 000.00 3. Armenia Strengthening of the national preventive mechanism Penal Reform International 2016 25 000.00 4. Armenia Enhancing the capacity of members Human Rights Defender of Armenia of the national preventive mechanism via training sessions and equipment, and increasing the awareness of the national preventive mechanism’s mandate 2018 24 985.00 5. Benin Implementation of the Subcommittee recommendations concerning the protection of children deprived of their liberty World Organization against Torture (non-governmental organization) in partnership with Enfants solidaires d’Afrique et du monde (local nongovernmental organization) 2012 19 539.00 6. Benin Implementation of the Subcommittee recommendations concerning the protection of children deprived of their liberty World Organization against Torture (non-governmental organization) in partnership with Enfants solidaires d’Afrique et du monde (local nongovernmental organization) 2013 44 428.00 7. Benin Informing detainees of their fundamental rights and reducing overpopulation in places of detention through improved identification of cases of arbitrary detention by State actors and civil society International Federation of Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture (non-governmental organization) 2014 35 000.00 7