A/HRC/33/33 (b) Capacity-building 63. In November 2014, OHCHR provided training to the National Council for Human Rights of Egypt on human rights indicators. 64. In 2015, OHCHR trained the National Human Rights Commission of Mauritania on the United Nations human rights mechanisms, particularly on drafting reports for the universal periodic review and treaty bodies. 65. The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq and the United Nations Office for Project Services provided 23 training sessions and workshops to build the capacity of the Independent High Commission for Human Rights of Iraq, including on women’s rights, minorities rights, human rights investigations and reporting, prison monitoring, protection of civilians in armed conflict, raising human rights awareness, and procurement and public budgeting. 66. In the State of Palestine, OHCHR trained the staff of the Independent Commission for Human Rights in monitoring economic, social and cultural rights and administration of justice. OHCHR also supported the Commission in organizing a meeting on women’s rights and delivering several training sessions, including for law enforcement personnel. B. Support to regional and subregional initiatives by national human rights institutions 1. Africa 67. In April 2015, the OHCHR Regional Office for Southern Africa and the South African Human Rights Commission co-organized subregional training for national human rights institutions on business and human rights in the extractive industry. 2. Americas and the Caribbean 68. In September 2014, in Chile, the OHCHR Regional Office for South America convened a workshop bringing together national human rights institutions from across the region to exchange good practices on monitoring social protests. In Chile, OHCHR conducted training for the national human rights institutions of the region on follow-up to universal periodic review recommendations. 69. In October 2015, OHCHR and the University of San Martin in Argentina organized a workshop for the national human rights institutions of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Peru and Uruguay, focusing on the implementation of universal periodic review recommendations. 3. Asia and the Pacific 70. In August 2015, the national human rights institutions of Fiji, New Zealand and Samoa participated in the launch of the Free and Equal campaign2 in the Pacific, organized by OHCHR. In November 2015, those institutions also participated in a regional workshop on universal periodic review, which OHCHR organized in Suva. 2 10 Free and Equal campaign is a United Nations global public education campaign for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality. GE.16-11355