A/HRC/31/22 Annex Special Fund established by the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment: projects approved by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Grants Committee since the establishment of the Fund State Project summary Implementing entity Year of project Grant amount (United States dollars) 1. Argentina Legal reform for the establishment of the provincial preventive mechanism in Tucumán and training of judges, penitentiary officers and social workers on the rights of detainees Abogados y Abogadas del Noroeste 2015 Argentino en Derechos Humanos y Estudios Sociales (provincial preventive mechanism) 35 000.00 2. Benin Implementation of the recommendations of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment concerning the protection of children deprived of their liberty World Organization against Torture (non-governmental organization) in partnership with Enfants solidaires d’Afrique et du monde (local nongovernmental organization) 2012 19 539.00 3. Benin Implementation of Subcommittee recommendations concerning the protection of children deprived of their liberty in Benin World Organization against Torture (non-governmental organization) in partnership with Enfants solidaires d’Afrique et du monde (local nongovernmental organization) 2013 44 428.00 4. Benin Informing detainees of their International Federation of Action by fundamental rights and reducing Christians for the Abolition of Torture overpopulation in places of (non-governmental organization) detention through improved identification of cases of arbitrary detention by State actors and civil society 2014 35 000.00 5. Brazil Implementation of Subcommittee recommendations concerning the protection of children deprived of their liberty in Brazil World Organization against Torture (non-governmental organization) in partnership with Justiça Global (local non-governmental organization) 2014 34 802.00 6. Brazil Supporting the Rio de Janeiro preventive mechanism and promoting the establishment of torture preventive mechanisms in other states of Brazil Justiça Global (in partnership with the Rio de Janeiro preventive mechanism) 2015 35 000.00 7. Honduras Training for prison staff on human rights standards and prevention of torture Ministry of Justice and Human Rights 2012 20 000.00 8. Honduras Technical support to the national Regional Office for Latin America of the 2012 preventive mechanism in Association for the Prevention of Honduras and training for judges, Torture (non-governmental organization) 14 847.00 6