A/HRC/33/33 to the Thessaloniki Action Plan of national human rights institutions in Europe on the human rights of migrants and refugees. 55. In 2015, OHCHR assisted in the development of a UNDP project to enhance the capacity of the national human rights institution in Turkey. 56. OHCHR organized six workshops and two conferences for the federal and regional ombudspersons in the Russian Federation, including on United Nations human rights mechanisms, international standards for national human rights institutions, the rights of indigenous peoples, women’s rights and non-discrimination. In 2015, OHCHR organized a pilot training session for the staff members of the Ombudsman of the Russian Federation on effectively handling claims of discrimination. It also organized a workshop for regional human rights commissioners with a view to developing an environment free from discrimination in football. 57. OHCHR provided support to the institution of the Ombudsman of Kyrgyzstan, including for its 2015 work-plan, fundraising and advocacy. Support was provided also to strengthen its capacity to conduct human rights monitoring and produce analytical reports. As a result, the Ombudsman made its first submission to a United Nations treaty body (the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights). 58. In Tajikistan, OHCHR provided support to the pilot national preventive mechanism — the Monitoring Group — under the auspices of the Ombudsman institution. It thus contributed to strengthening the awareness and capacity of this mechanism by organizing discussions on its recommendations. OHCHR also supported visits of the Monitoring Group to detention centres and organized two workshops for its staff members and for those of the Ombudsman institution on documenting torture according to the Istanbul Protocol. 59. In April 2016, in partnership with the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo and the Council of Europe, OHCHR provided training to the Ombudsman of Kosovo on human rights indicators, aimed at supporting the institution to monitor implementation of the laws on protection from discrimination and on gender equality. 60. In April 2016, OHCHR trained the national human rights institution of the Republic of Moldova on the Paris Principles, human rights monitoring and investigation, and international human rights mechanisms. 5. Middle East and North Africa 61. During the period under review, the OHCHR regional office for the Middle East and North Africa, the United Nations Human Rights Training and Documentation Centre for South-West Asia and the Arab Region, the OHCHR offices in Mauritania, Tunisia, Yemen and the State of Palestine and the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq and the United Nations Support Mission in Libya continued to provide advice and assistance for the establishment and/or strengthening of national human rights institutions in the Middle East and North Africa, in consultation with the National Institutions, Regional Mechanisms and Civil Society Section. (a) Legislative advice 62. In 2016, OHCHR provided advice on a draft law for the establishment of a national human rights institution in Tunisia, including by training the members of the drafting committee on relevant international standards. OHCHR also facilitated five consultations at the national and regional level to discuss the establishment of a human rights institution. GE.16-11355 9