A/HRC/43/24 Annex Special Fund established by the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment: projects approved by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Grants Committee since the establishment of the Fund Grant amount (United States Year of project dollars) State Project summary Implementing entity 1. Armenia Strengthening of the national preventive mechanism Penal Reform International 2016 25 000.00 2. Armenia Enhancing the capacity of national preventive mechanism members through training sessions and equipment, Increasing awareness of the mandate Human Rights Defender of Armenia 2018 24 985.00 3. Armenia Raising awareness of the national Human Rights preventive mechanism, strengthening Defender of Armenia the skills of the staff on visit methodology 2019 23 160.00 4. Armenia Strengthening professional capacities Human Rights of the NPM, raising awareness of its Defender of Armenia role and activities and training officials on international standards 2020 16 765.00 5. Argentina Legal reform to assist the establishment of the national preventive mechanism in Tucumán and training of judges, penitentiary officers and social workers on the rights of detainees Abogados y Abogadas 2015 del Noroeste Argentino en Derechos Humanos y Estudios Sociales 35 000.00 6. Argentina Data collection regarding violence in Xumek contexts of confinement; elaboration of a manual for prison staff; offering training to the penitentiary authorities; carrying out of public events to strengthen the local preventive mechanism 2018 25 000.00 7. Argentina Improving the capacity of the national preventive mechanism in monitoring medical care and the health of persons deprived of their liberty 2018 25 000.00 6 Procuración Penitenciaria de la Nación