A/HRC/33/33 14. In November 2014, OHCHR provided technical advice to the Human Rights Commission of Swaziland in the context of a human rights needs assessment mission. 15. In Burundi, OHCHR provided advice and support to the National Independent Human Rights Commission, including for the establishment of its regional offices and training for its new members, elected in April 2015. 16. In August 2015, in cooperation with the Human Rights Commission of Zambia, OHCHR organized a workshop on economic, social and cultural rights. OHCHR and the Commission also conducted joint activities on sexual health and reproductive rights within the framework of a partnership between them and the United Nations Population Fund. 17. In August 2015, OHCHR organized a two-day training for the National Human Rights Commission of Guinea on the role of national human rights institutions in promoting and protecting human rights. OHCHR also organized training sessions for members of the Commission and its staff on human rights monitoring in electoral contexts and human rights treaty bodies. 18. In September 2015, OHCHR and UNDP co-organized a training workshop for the Human Rights Commission of Zimbabwe on engaging with international human rights mechanisms and monitoring places of detention. 19. In 2015, OHCHR organized field trips and a three-day workshop for the Commission on Human Rights and Good Governance of the United Republic of Tanzania on the rights of indigenous peoples. It also provided support to the institution on reporting under the universal periodic review. 20. OHCHR provided support to the National Human Rights Commission of Senegal on international human rights mechanisms and alternative reporting for the universal periodic review and treaty bodies. 21. In South Africa, OHCHR developed a research and advocacy project on the economic empowerment of women, in partnership with the Human Rights Commission and the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UNWomen). 22. In 2015, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan trained the South Sudan Human Rights Commission on the universal periodic review and specific human rights issues, including on women’s rights. The Mission, in cooperation with the Commission, carried out promotional activities on different human rights issues, including women’s rights and gender-based violence. 23. In the Niger, OHCHR provided advice and technical support to the national human rights institution to develop its 2014-2017 strategic plan. It also trained the national human rights institution on the universal periodic review and human rights monitoring in connection with the elections. 24. In Uganda, OHCHR trained the Human Rights Commission on different issues, including climate change, business and human rights and human rights monitoring in the context of elections. OHCHR provided support to the Commission to develop and implement a programme to document serious violations of human rights that occurred during the conflicts in Uganda between 1987 and 2006. OHCHR also supported the Commission in developing a database to take stock of all recommendations from the international and regional human rights mechanisms for Uganda. 25. In 2015, the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office organized workshops and training for the National Human Rights Commission of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on human rights principles, mandate and independence, complaint procedures and investigations. In April 2016, OHCHR, in cooperation with that Office, organized GE.16-11355 5