A/HRC/33/33 4. Europe and Central Asia 71. The OHCHR Regional Office for Europe organized workshops and continued to provide advice and capacity-building to national human rights institutions in Europe, including on the rights of migrants, persons with disabilities and ethnic minorities. 72. In October 2015, OHCHR provided technical and substantive input in a regional conference organized by the Commissioner for Human Rights of Ukraine on national human rights institutions in conflict and post-conflict situations. 5. Middle East and North Africa 73. In September 2014, the United Nations Human Rights Training and Documentation Centre for South-West Asia and the Arab Region organized a training workshop for 20 national human rights institutions on their role in protecting the rights of individuals deprived of their liberty. In 2015 and 2016, the Centre also trained national human rights institutions on the rights of women in detention, combating hate speech, human trafficking, economic, social and cultural rights, and interaction with the international human rights mechanisms. C. 1. Contributions to international initiatives supporting national human rights institutions Annual general meetings of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions 74. During the reporting period, OHCHR provided secretariat and technical support to two annual general meetings of the Global Alliance, held in Geneva on 12 and 13 March 2015 and from 21 to 23 March 2016. At the March 2016 meeting, the International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights changed its name into the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions. 2. Bureau meetings 75. OHCHR provided secretariat and technical support for four statutory Bureau meetings of the Global Alliance, which were held in Geneva on 11 March 2015 and 21 March 2016, in Johannesburg on 16 and 17 October 2014, and in Merida, Mexico, on 6 and 7 October 2015. The Bureau members discussed their strategic priorities and other organizational issues, and endorsed the reports of the Sub-Committee on Accreditation of March and October 2014, and March and November 2015. 4. Sub-Committee on Accreditation 76. Article 6 of the Statute of the Global Alliance provides that meetings of the SubCommittee on Accreditation shall be held under the auspices of and in cooperation with OHCHR. Accordingly, OHCHR provided substantive support to four sessions of the SubCommittee, held in Geneva in October 2014, March and November 2015, and May 2016. The presence of OHCHR at all the meetings of the Sub-Committee is instrumental to attesting the compliance of the accreditation process with the established rules of procedure, and contributes to its transparency, fairness and rigorousness. 5. Fellowship programme for staff of national human rights institutions 77. OHCHR maintains its fellowship programme for the staff of A-status national human rights institutions. Initiated in 2008, the programme is designed to provide fellows with information on, and working experience with the international human rights system, GE.16-11355 11