A/HRC/33/33 7. During the period under review, OHCHR provided advice and/or assistance on the strengthening of human rights institutions in Afghanistan, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Barbados, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Chile, Colombia, the Congo, Croatia, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Georgia, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Iraq, Ireland, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, the Philippines, the Republic of Moldova, the Russian Federation, Rwanda, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, South Africa, Tajikistan, Thailand, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Ukraine, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia and the State of Palestine, as well as Kosovo.1 8. OHCHR also provided assistance to activities aimed at the establishment of national human rights institutions in Angola, Bahrain, Benin, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, the Comoros, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Fiji, the Gambia, Guinea, Jamaica, Kuwait, Lesotho, Malta, the Niger, Norway, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Somalia, South Sudan, Swaziland, Turkey, Turkmenistan, the United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Yemen and Zimbabwe. 1. Africa 9. During the period under review, the OHCHR regional offices for Central, East, Southern and West Africa, the OHCHR country offices in Burundi, Guinea and Uganda, the human rights advisers to the United Nations country teams in Chad, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, the Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, the United Republic of Tanzania and Zambia, and the human rights components of the United Nations missions in the Central African Republic, Côte d’Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Somalia, South Sudan and the Sudan (in Darfur) continued, in consultation with the National Institutions, Regional Mechanisms and Civil Society Section, to provide advice on and assistance in the establishment and/or strengthening of national human rights institutions in Africa. (a) Legislative advice 10. In 2014 and 2015, OHCHR provided legislative advice on and financial support in drafting a new enabling law for the National Human Rights Commission of Senegal. 11. OHCHR provided advice and guidance with regard to the laws establishing national human rights institutions in Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Chad, the Gambia and Somalia, and to improve the existing law in Mauritius. 12. In 2015, in Madagascar, OHCHR supported advocacy and awareness-raising activities on the law adopted on the establishment of the national human rights institution. (b) Capacity-building 13. In 2014 and 2015, OHCHR provided technical assistance to a UNDP-funded project that supported the National Human Rights Commission of Nigeria in conducting investigations and developing a mechanism for systematic human rights monitoring and reporting. Support was also provided to the Commission to monitor human rights issues in the context of the electoral process. 1 4 All references to Kosovo in the present report, whether to the territory, institutions or population, are to be construed in the context of Security Council resolution 1244 (1999) and without prejudice to the status of Kosovo. GE.16-11355