A/HRC/34/3 facilitate increased participation by women in elections held in 14 countries in West and Central Africa. 76. Pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 28/14, in November, OHCHR organized the first United Nations Forum on Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law, which focused on challenges and opportunities for youth in public decision-making. The Forum made recommendations to be presented to the Human Rights Council in 2017 for further action, including on creating an environment conducive to youth participation and increasing youth involvement in policies to prevent violent extremism and in postconflict situations. 2. Support to national human rights institutions 77. During the period under review, OHCHR conducted capacity-building activities for some 50 national human rights institutions worldwide, including in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guatemala, Iraq, Mozambique, Niger, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, the Sudan, Swaziland and Zimbabwe. Regional activities were also held with the Arab Network of National Human Rights Institutions and the West African States of the Network of African National Human Rights Institutions. 78. OHCHR also continued to serve as the secretariat of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions and its Subcommittee on Accreditation, which reviewed over 30 institutions during the reporting period. In Botswana, the Central African Republic, the Gambia, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Lesotho, the Sudan (Darfur), Tajikistan, Togo and Tunisia, OHCHR supported the establishment or restructuring of national institutions in accordance with the principles relating to the status of national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights (the Paris Principles). In October, following extensive engagement with OHCHR over several years, the Parliament of Lebanon adopted a law on the establishment of national institutions. 3. Human rights education and training 79. OHCHR continued to support the implementation of the World Programme for Human Rights Education by strengthening the capacity of national and international actors on human rights education and training. In September, OHCHR organized a high-level panel during the thirty-third session of the Human Rights Council that highlighted the role of human rights education in addressing discrimination and violent extremism and in achieving the 2030 Agenda. 80. With OHCHR support, Laikipia University in Kenya introduced a compulsory human rights course for all undergraduates and has trained over 2,000 students to date. In Senegal, OHCHR hosted a summer human rights programme including short films, student clubs and debates to raise awareness on human rights among thousands of young people and encourage them to be involved with development issues. In Bolivia, OHCHR supported the creation of a specialized and permanent curriculum on gender-based violence in the school of judges in Sucre. In the Russian Federation, nine human rights master’s degree programmes were established in five regions, together with a website with e-learning tools to ensure widespread access. 14