A/HRC/38/27 III. Results achieved through the implementation of activities supported by the Voluntary Fund during 2017 19. In Barbados, the Voluntary Fund, with the assistance of a national human rights adviser, supported a follow-up activity to the regional workshop on the death penalty held in 2016. In addition, a human rights training workshop was held for government officials in Antigua and Barbuda in December 2017. Multiple training sessions were organized for government officials of the Barbados national mechanism for reporting and follow-up, on drafting the State’s national report for the universal periodic review. Workshops for civil society organizations on drafting stakeholder submissions for the upcoming review of Barbados was also held. In addition, the national human rights adviser organized a two-day workshop on access to justice for LGBTI civil society organizations, in collaboration with the Eastern Caribbean Alliance for Diversity and Equality, and a two-day meeting on the death penalty, which included a public opinion survey and a sensitization seminar. The adviser also facilitated consultations between the Barbados national mechanism for reporting and follow-up and civil society organizations to assist in the drafting of the State report for the review. 20. OHCHR provided support in Trinidad and Tobago, Saint Vincent and Antigua with a view to increasing compliance and engagement with international human rights mechanisms both by the Governments of and civil society organizations in these States. Another objective of the support was to strengthen the capacity of civil society organizations to send communications to special procedures with regard to human rights violations in the region. 21. In Cambodia, OHCHR, with the help of the funding provided by the Voluntary Fund, supported a proposal aimed at building the capacity of three target groups. First, it provided support to civil society bodies to build their capacity to advocate draft laws, prakas (proclamations) or sub-decrees that may have an impact on the freedoms of assembly, association, expression and movement. Second, it provided support to build the capacity of subnational authorities to implement the Peaceful Demonstration Law and the 2015 Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations (LANGO) in accordance with international standards of freedoms of expression, association and assembly. Third, it provided support to judges and prosecutors in order for them to apply international human rights law, in particular in the areas of pretrial detention and case management. 22. Despite serious impediments caused by the electoral context and the Government’s crackdown on civil and political rights, OHCHR organized a legal symposium with the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training and the International Trade Union Confederation, which brought together some 100 representatives of the Government, the International Labour Organization, the international community and other stakeholders. During the symposium, information was shared on the latest developments and challenges with regard to the national legal framework and enforcement mechanisms relating to the setting of the minimum wage and wage negotiations, trade union registration, collective bargaining and dispute resolution. OHCHR also carried out a series of capacity-building activities in order to raise awareness among non-governmental organizations, associations, trade unions and community-based activists from different sectors on the right to peaceful assembly under international human rights standards and relevant national legislation. 23. OHCHR conducted initial training and follow-up visits to assess the implementation of the pretrial detention form between 2014 and 2016. It found that the form was increasingly used by judges, with sound legal reasoning and clear duration of detention periods in some cases. At the same time, it noted that some judges were still reluctant to use the form, partly because they were unaware of how to reason their decisions. Accordingly, OHCHR organized a training session for 30 judges, including 2 women, to explain the new procedure once again and to analyse concrete examples of how reasoning was developed. OHCHR intends to follow up with these judges to assess the use of the new form, which reiterates the view that pretrial detention should only be used in exceptional cases, and allows the accused to challenge detention in compliance with international standards. 5