A/HRC/28/3 sanitation, food and decent work.23 In addition, OHCHR developed a set of human rights indicators specifically related to migrants and their families, with an initial focus on their rights to health, education and decent work. 73. OHCHR conducted capacity-building in monitoring economic, social and cultural rights in, inter alia, Kyrgyzstan, Mauritania and the occupied Palestinian territories, and for the judicial protection of those rights in Guatemala, Madagascar and Montenegro, among others. OHCHR also provided technical support on the right to food in Malawi and the right to health in Togo. In Mexico, OHCHR increased awareness of State institutions and nonState actors about international obligations vis-à-vis economic and social rights. In Cambodia, OHCHR assisted indigenous communities in obtaining collective land titles. In the Plurinational State of Bolivia, OHCHR supported the development of human rights indicators on the rights to food, education, health, work and housing and the right of women to live a life free of violence. In the Republic of Moldova, OHCHR worked with the Ministry of Health to establish an anti-discrimination commission to examine equality issues in law, policy and practice in the health sector. E. Widening the democratic space 74. Transparent and participative societies based on dialogue, pluralism and tolerance exist where State and non-State actors respect the exercise of rights, including freedom of opinion and expression, peaceful assembly and association and participation in public life. The exercise of these freedoms is fundamental to fostering dialogue, upholding the rule of law and democracy. 75. To commemorate the 20-year review of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, OHCHR launched a campaign to give visibility and legitimacy to the work of women human rights defenders, comprising 12 videos to be released via social media on the 12 areas of concern of the Beijing Platform for Action. The OHCHR Regional Office for Central Africa created a regional platform on women’s political participation in the region. In Cambodia, OHCHR organized a workshop for women human rights defenders from the Asia-Pacific region. 76. OHCHR conducted human rights training for independent electoral commissions, parliamentarians, civil society actors and media professionals ahead of local elections planned in several African countries between 2014 and 2017. In Thailand, OHCHR monitored human rights in relation to the demonstrations and elections and conducted a human rights analysis of the 2014 interim Constitution, including on issues related to participation in the conduct of public affairs. In Chile, it developed a compilation of national, regional and international standards relating to peaceful protests. 77. Pursuant to Human Rights Council decision 24/116, OHCHR organized an expert panel discussion on the safety of journalists at the twenty-sixth session of the Council. It compiled good practices on the protection of journalists, the prevention of attacks committed against them and the fight against impunity for such attacks.24 It also contributed to the first report of the Secretary-General on the safety of journalists and the issue of impunity.25 Together with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the Council of Europe, OHCHR co-hosted the third United Nations inter- 23 24 25 14 Available from www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/HR-PUB-14-1_en.pdf. See A/HRC/27/35. A/69/268.

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