A/HRC/27/39 36. In January 2014, OHCHR organized a workshop for the staff of the Office of the Ombudsman of Ecuador with a view to strengthening their capacity to monitor public policies and handle complaints concerning economic, social and cultural rights. 37. In Guatemala, OHCHR is developing a programme to strengthen the capacity of the national human rights institution in the area of transitional justice, particularly enforced disappearances. The programme includes training in international human rights law, international criminal law and international humanitarian law. Training has also been organized to strengthen staff members’ capacity to develop internal tools to deal with complaints of gender-based violence. 38. Also in Guatemala, OHCHR organized two workshops in February and April 2014 for the heads of local offices of the national human rights institution, with a view to designing the structure of a customized protocol to investigate human rights violations, including the context of forced evictions, states of emergency, social conflicts and protection of migrants. A seminar held in February 2014 together with the national human rights institution and two universities brought together key actors from different social sectors for an open dialogue to identify the relationship between social conflicts and human rights. 39. OHCHR provided advisory services to the national human rights institution of El Salvador in the drafting of alternative reports to treaty bodies and held a training programme on the eve of the second UPR of the country. 3. Asia and the Pacific 40. During the period under review, the OHCHR regional offices for South-East Asia and the Pacific and the human rights advisers to the United Nations country teams in Maldives and Sri Lanka continued to provide advice and assistance, in consultation with the National Institutions and Regional Mechanisms Section of OHCHR, for the establishment or strengthening of national human rights institutions. Legal advice 41. In September 2013, OHCHR provided legal advice on a draft law to strengthen the Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines and to enhance its compliance with the Paris Principles. Capacity-building activities 42. In 2013, OHCHR worked closely with the Human Rights Commission of Maldives by providing information, guidelines and manuals on human rights standards and monitoring. In particular, OHCHR provided advice and support to the commissioners and staff on human rights monitoring in connection with the elections. OHCHR also facilitated the Commission’s sharing of inputs with United Nations human rights mechanisms. 43. OHCHR organized a presentation on the Paris Principles and the relationship between national human rights institutions and parliaments for members of the Mongolian National Human Rights Commission and Mongolian parliamentarians who visited Geneva in December 2013. 44. As a result of support and technical assistance from OHCHR, in partnership with the Asia-Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions (APF), the Ombudsman of Samoa was vested with a broadened mandate under the new Ombudsman Act. OHCHR, APF and UNDP conducted a capacity assessment of the institution in February 2014. 45. In March 2014, OHCHR organized a presentation on the Paris Principles and the accreditation process for national human rights institutions to a delegation from the Human 7