A/HRC/10/54 page 8 20. OHCHR supported a mission by the Asia-Pacific Forum to Sri Lanka from 10 to 16 September 2008, led by a representative of the Malaysian institution Suhakam, and conducted at the invitation of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka. The purpose of the mission was to hold discussions with the Commission and relevant stakeholders, including the Government, civil society, the United Nations and the international community. Discussions focused on issues of International Coordinating Committee accreditation and possible technical assistance projects for the Commission. 21. On 18 and 19 December 2008, OHCHR and the Asia-Pacific Forum organized national consultations in Pakistan for civil society and parliamentarians, in view of the draft legislation to establish a national human rights institution. The mission was led by a representative of Suhakam and was supported by UNDP Pakistan. 22. In December 2008, OHCHR, in cooperation with UNDP, undertook a capacity-needs assessment mission of Suhakam. The mission was conducted in the framework of the Regional Initiative in Support of Institutional Capacity-Development of National Human Rights Institutions, a project to support the institutional capacity development of national human rights institutions in the Asia-Pacific region, launched by UNDP. 23. In December 2008 and January 2009, UNDP and OHCHR are to undertake an evaluation mission to review a 3-year project established in 2007 by the Provedoria for Human Rights and Justice of Timor-Leste, UNDP and OHCHR to build the institutional capacity of the Provedoria. The mission will review the activities of the project and its coordination; assess its success in assisting the Provedoria to discharge its mandate and achieve its stated objectives in terms of relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, impact and institutional capacity; and identify barriers to the effective operation of the project and provide recommendations. In addition, the Provedoria will receive a 4-month senior consultancy for the enhancement of its investigation and monitoring capacities, to be conducted by the former chairperson of the Kenya National Human Rights Commission. 24. In 2008, in close collaboration with UNDP and the human rights adviser to the United Nations country team in Indonesia, OHCHR worked on the elaboration of a 5-year multi-donor technical assistance project to provide assistance to human rights institutions in Indonesia. The project is expected to be launched in 2009. 25. OHCHR is focusing on activities to develop the capacity of Pacific Island States to build on existing human rights frameworks, with the long-term goal of developing their own models of Paris Principles-compliant human rights mechanisms. In August 2008, OHCHR provided advice to the Government of Palau on a draft law on the establishment and functioning of a human rights ombudsman. In partnership with the Asia-Pacific Forum, OHCHR is organizing a regional workshop on the establishment of Paris Principles human rights mechanisms, to be held in Apia, in the first half of 2009.