A/HRC/44/37 the Mandela Rules. The course, which is aimed at front-line prison practitioners and free of charge, includes interactive management scenarios filmed in selected prison facilities in Algeria, Argentina and Switzerland. 57. In Thailand, recognizing that specialized training for staff is instrumental in addressing the specific needs of prisoners, the Thailand Institute for Justice has developed a training course on the management of women prisoners for senior correctional staff in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations region. The purpose of the two-week annual course is to promote awareness of international standards and norms related to the treatment of women prisoners, thus equipping correctional practitioners with the necessary knowledge and skills in the management of women in prisons. 31 58. In Uganda, approximately 95 per cent of the staff of the Ugandan Prisons Service have undergone human rights training. Both the Mandela and Bangkok Rules are incorporated into the curriculum of the Uganda Prison Academy and Training School. The Prisons Service, in partnership with the Ministry of Health and the United States Centre for Disease Control, conducted training for staff in 2018 on responding to and managing sexual and gender-based violence. In 2017, the Ugandan prison standing orders were revised to include provisions of the Mandela Rules and human rights committees for staff and prisoners were established in all prisons. The Prisons Service has worked with UNODC, Penal Reform International and the Uganda Human Rights Commission on specific training related to the Mandela and Bangkok Rules.32 59. In Saudi Arabia, UNODC supported the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs in training 50 officers on prison management in line with the Mandela Rules. Additionally, officers from the Ministry of the Interior General Directorate of Prisons participated in a training programme and a study visit to the Italian Department of Penitentiary Administration, which facilitated an exchange of experiences on prison management and human rights. 60. The OHCHR technical cooperation project in Saudi Arabia has also carried out capacity-building on the human rights of prisoners in coordination with the Human Rights Commission. That included workshops in 2017 and 2018 with law enforcement officials, a training-of-trainers component and a human rights training course for prison officials. The training addressed human rights in the administration of prisons and juvenile centres, including non-custodial measures, health care and rehabilitation needs, as outlined in the Mandela and Bangkok Rules. 61. The Swedish Prison and Probation Service supports the Group of Friends of Corrections in Peace Operations, addressing critical corrections issues in United Nations peace operations, including the development and delivery of training addressing the practical application of the Mandela and Bangkok Rules. Since 2005, the Service has organized predeployment training for corrections officers to United Nations peacekeeping operations. In 2017, a training-of-trainers component was developed and in 2019, an “all women” predeployment course was developed to increase the numbers and capacity among women peacekeepers. The Service is also involved in the development of a corrections leadership training that was piloted in Sierra Leone in 2019 and the development of a week-long Mandela Rules training course for corrections personnel, in conjunction with the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights. 62. In 2017, Penal Reform International and its partners trained detention monitors from 20 countries on applying the Mandela Rules in a detention monitoring summer school in the United Kingdom. The majority of participants were members and staff of national preventive mechanisms. A similar training course was delivered in 2015 to members of national preventive mechanisms from 13 countries on preventing torture and ill-treatment through gender-sensitive monitoring and application of the Bangkok Rules. Those courses supported previous work with the Association for the Prevention of Torture to develop a detention monitoring tool, providing practical guidance to help monitoring bodies, including national preventive mechanisms, to conduct effective visits to places of detention. 63. In Turkey, through the establishment of a distance learning system in 31 centres across the country, 25 per cent of Turkish prison staff have received in-service training, including 31 32 12 See contribution from Thailand. See contribution from Uganda.