A/HRC/4/102 page 15 57. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2005, financial assistance was provided to non-governmental organizations assisting victims of sexual violence. OHCHR provided logistical and financial assistance to the Ministry of Human Rights. OHCHR intervened in more than 200 cases before the judicial authorities - civilian and military - to ensure the protection of victims of human rights violations. 58. In Iraq, the human rights component of UNAMI was involved in the planning for the establishment of a National Centre for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture, including the creation of an organizational structure and a budget for the first two years of its existence. 59. In Lebanon, the regional office, at the request of the secretariat of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture, undertook an evaluation visit to two Lebanese centres for the rehabilitation of victims of torture. 60. In Nepal, OHCHR provided information to an NGO on human rights standards to assist it in its petition challenging the legality of preventive detention under the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities Ordinance before the Supreme Court. Similar assistance was provided to other non-governmental organizations on issues involving court challenges to a short time period for filing a criminal charge of rape, and the right of an accused person to an interpreter. D. Monitoring of the judiciary, prisons and the police 61. Monitoring the actions of the judiciary, prison and police officials helps to assist States in assessing whether their judiciary is independent, impartial and competent, and whether prison and police officials are functioning within legal parameters fixed for their conduct. In the case of training on human rights standards, monitoring helps determine whether such training was appropriate, properly understood and is being applied in practice. When new constitutional provisions, laws or regulations are adopted, monitoring it helps assess whether new constitutional provisions, laws or regulations are being applied correctly, effectively and consistently. Many States have oversight bodies that supervise and correct inappropriate action by judicial, prison and police officials. States look to OHCHR to provide assistance to strengthen such oversight bodies and welcome OHCHR monitoring programmes, which provide practical information and insights on gaps in implementation. Judicial monitoring9 62. In Afghanistan, UNAMA has undertaken some trial observation, and plans to establish in 2007 a more comprehensive Legal System Monitoring Project. It was concluded that without oversight, it would be difficult to evaluate the impact of efforts of legal reform, i.e. whether 9 Methodology and standards used for trial observation can be found in the following publication, Training Manual on Human Rights Monitoring, Chapter XIII: “Trial Observation and Monitoring the Administration of Justice”, Professional Training No. 7, OHCHR, Geneva, 2001. Legal monitoring is the subject of a separate OHCHR publication. See Rule-of-law tools for post-conflict states: Monitoring Legal Systems, OHCHR, Geneva, 2006.