A/HRC/27/39 70. On 11 November 2013, OHCHR facilitated a training session on human rights investigation techniques during a workshop organized by the Economic Community of West African States Human Rights Institutions Network. 71. Together with the Commonwealth Forum of National Human Rights Institutions and the Danish Institute for Human Rights, OHCHR provided support to the biennial Conference of the Network of African National Human Rights Institutions, held from 27 to 29 November 2013 in Accra, with a focus on business and human rights. The Conference adopted a declaration identifying priorities for the African institutions’ action in that area. 72. In November 2013, OHCHR organized a subregional consultation in Kampala on strengthening the protection mandate of national human rights institutions, with the participation of 26 representatives of such institutions from eight countries of East Africa. The participants shared good practices and challenges in implementing protection mandates. They agreed to set up a network of national human rights institutions in East Africa. 2. Asia and the Pacific 73. In December 2013, OHCHR, UNDP, APF and the Ombudsman of Samoa organized a regional roundtable on the establishment of national human rights institutions in the Pacific in Apia, Samoa, with the participation of representatives from Palau, Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu. 74. In March 2014, OHCHR, APF and the Pacific Islands Forum finalized a joint partnership for the establishment and strengthening of independent national human rights institutions in the Pacific. The partnership outlines principles of cooperation to ensure coordination, good use of existing resources and complementarity of efforts. The strategy involves close cooperation in visiting the countries of the region, in follow-up actions, and in continuing assistance to support the independent functioning of national human rights institutions in the Pacific. 3. Middle East and North Africa 75. In June 2013, OHCHR participated in the ninth annual meeting of Arab National Human Rights Institutions, organized in Rabat by the National Human Rights Council of Morocco, with a focus on transitional justice. OHCHR made a presentation on transitional justice processes and the role of national human rights institutions in that regard. 76. In September 2013, OHCHR participated in the eighth Arab-European Human Rights Dialogue, organized by the Danish Institute for Human Rights in Copenhagen. OHCHR made a presentation on the importance of the independence and accountability of NHRIs and on the general observations of the International Coordinating Committee. 4. Europe and Central Asia 77. On 4 December 2013, OHCHR provided support for a regional conference organized by the Council of Europe on the working relations of the Ombudsman of Kosovo with the judiciary, including the Constitutional Court. This conference was attended by representatives of ombudsman institutions and constitutional courts of the region. 11