A/HRC/33/33
35.
In December 2014, OHCHR held a workshop in Montevideo to enhance the
engagement of the national human rights institution of Uruguay with the international
human rights system.
36.
In December 2014, OHCHR organized a regional workshop in Brasilia to promote
the establishment of a national human rights institution in Brazil.
37.
In October 2015, OHCHR provided support to the Office for the Protection of
Citizens in Haiti for the development of its strategic and action plans for 2016-2019. It also
provided support on information technology for the management of cases on alleged human
rights violations. In February 2016, OHCHR developed two quick-impact projects, funded
by the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti, to provide sanitary infrastructures for
six regional offices of the Protector of Citizens.
38.
In 2015, OHCHR and the National Human Rights Institution of Guatemala issued a
joint report to assess the implementation of the Government’s strategy to combat
malnutrition. OHCHR provided support and training to the National Human Rights
Institution on various topics, including human rights in the context of elections, business
and human rights, food security, the rights of indigenous peoples, labour rights, lesbian,
gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex rights, and preventive detention.
39.
In Panama, OHCHR provided support to the National Human Rights Institution in
preventing and addressing gender domestic violence.
40.
In El Salvador, OHCHR supported the National Human Rights Institution in
organizing a public forum on human rights defenders.
3.
Asia and the Pacific
41.
During the period under review, the OHCHR regional offices for South-East Asia
and the Pacific, the human rights advisers to the United Nations country teams in
Bangladesh, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and Timor-Leste and the human
rights component of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan continued to
provide advice and assistance for the establishment or strengthening of national human
rights institutions, in consultation with the National Institutions, Regional Mechanisms and
Civil Society Section.
(a)
Legislative advice
42.
In 2015, OHCHR provided advice on pending amendments to the law on the
National Human Rights Commission of Thailand.
(b)
Capacity-building
43.
In December 2014, OHCHR facilitated a workshop organized by the Malaysian
Human Rights Commission on deaths in police custody.
44.
In January 2015, OHCHR, UNDP and the Asia-Pacific Forum of National Human
Rights Institutions conducted a capacity assessment of the Office of the Ombudsperson for
Human Rights and Justice of Timor-Leste. A joint project of OHCHR and UNDP provided
capacity support to the institution to train the national police on human rights standards
relating to policing, detention, use of force and the rights of specific groups. Through this
project, technical support was also provided in case management, investigations, mediation
and human resources. In October 2014, OHCHR trained the staff of the Office of the
Ombudsperson on economic, social and cultural rights and on international human rights
standards. OHCHR also conducted five briefing sessions on specific rights for the staff of
the Office of the Ombudsperson in March and April 2016.
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