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Kenya, Mexico, Paraguay, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia, Uruguay and the State of Palestine. Furthermore, in Mauritius, Saudi Arabia
and Tunisia, the capacity of national actors to use indicators for reporting and follow-up to
the recommendations of mechanisms was strengthened.
24.
OHCHR supported the development of national human rights action plans on the
basis of recommendations of the United Nations human rights mechanisms in the
Dominican Republic, the Gambia and Georgia. In collaboration with the United Nations
Office for Disarmament Affairs, OHCHR provided regional training to strengthen the
human rights capacity of diplomats across the Middle East and South-West Asia.
6.
Humanitarian funds
25.
The United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery
supported 25,000 victims through 42 projects in 34 countries. The United Nations
Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture awarded grants totalling $7.1 million to support
redress and rehabilitation for over 47,000 victims in more than 80 countries, in addition to
emergency grants. Responding to the increasing number of children affected by torture who
are in need of urgent assistance, the Fund convened an expert workshop on redress and
rehabilitation for child victims of torture.
26.
The Special Fund established by the Optional Protocol to the Convention against
Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment awarded grants
amounting to $240,000 to support torture prevention projects in seven States parties to the
Optional Protocol.
B.
1.
Enhancing equality and countering discrimination
Discrimination against migrants
27.
In response to the large-scale movements of people during the reporting period as
well as the heightened vulnerability of migrants to discrimination, exploitation and
violence, OHCHR enhanced its focus on the rights of migrants and on countering
xenophobia. It sought to integrate a human rights perspective into the global policy
dialogue on migration, including in the context of the high-level plenary meeting of the
General Assembly on addressing large movements of refugees and migrants. As Co-Chair
of the Global Migration Group Working Group on Migration, Human Rights and Gender,
OHCHR led a multi-stakeholder initiative to develop principles and guidelines, supported
by practical guidance, on the human rights of migrants in vulnerable situations.
28.
OHCHR assisted in the development of the TOGETHER campaign launched by the
Secretary-General to confront xenophobia against refugees and other migrants.
Furthermore, OHCHR contributed to regional strategies for the protection of migrants in
the European Union, South-East Asia and the Pacific, including through visits by its staff to
Bulgaria, France, Greece, Italy, Libya, Nauru, Papua New Guinea and the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia.
2.
Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance
29.
OHCHR provided support to the Durban follow-up mechanisms, in particular the
Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of the Durban
Declaration and Programme of Action, the Ad Hoc Committee on the Elaboration of
Complementary Standards and the Working Group of experts on people of African descent.
On the fifteenth anniversary of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, the
Human Rights Council held a panel discussion on the status of racial discrimination
worldwide, which showed that racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related
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