A/HRC/31/3 procedures on the right of anyone deprived of his or her liberty to bring proceedings before court, elaborated with OHCHR support. OHCHR assisted the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and the Committee on the Rights of the Child in elaborating joint general recommendation No. 31/general comment No. 18 on harmful practices, the first text of its kind to be jointly adopted by two treaty bodies. OHCHR supported the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women in the elaboration of general recommendation No. 32 (2014) on the gender-related dimensions of refugee status, asylum, nationality and statelessness of women. OHCHR also supported the Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity in preparing a draft declaration. 27. OHCHR supported intergovernmental working groups tasked with considering the elaboration of international regulatory frameworks, including on the regulation, monitoring and oversight of the activities of private military and security companies; the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas; the human rights of older persons; and transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights. 6. Humanitarian funds 28. In 2015, the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture awarded grants totalling $7.1 million to support redress and rehabilitation for over 57,000 victims in more than 80 countries. It released immediate support through emergency grants for projects providing assistance in Burundi, Jordan, Iraq and Ukraine, to victims fleeing the conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic and to refugees in Hungary and Serbia. It held a workshop with expert practitioners on the rehabilitation of victims in emergency contexts and their longterm needs. 29. In 2015, the United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery supported 30,000 victims through 44 projects in 35 countries, despite financial constraints. Despite its dire financial situation, the Special Fund established by the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment funded projects in five countries to strengthen institutional capacity regarding torture prevention. B. 1. Enhancing equality and countering discrimination Discrimination of migrants 30. Migrants, including refugees, in countries of transit and destination now pay the price for the long-standing lack of principled migration governance that builds on human rights at the global, regional and national levels. OHCHR thus sought to integrate a human rights perspective in the global debate on migration, including through advocacy and by cochairing the Working Group on Migration, Human Rights and Gender of the Global Migration Group and supporting the Global Forum on Migration and Development. The High Commissioner engaged with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Director-General of the International Organization for Migration and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on International Migration and Development to discuss the way forward regarding the migration crisis. In a statement issued in October, the High Commissioner urged the European Union and its member States to stop viewing law enforcement as a panacea for contemporary migration challenges. 31. OHCHR provided training to personnel of the European naval force charged with countering smuggling in the Mediterranean. In partnership with others, OHCHR trained Tunisian officials on the human rights of migrants. In March 2015, OHCHR launched two publications, one on the economic, social and cultural rights of migrants and the other 5