A/HRC/37/3 46. In Kosovo, OHCHR trained local stakeholders to monitor and address cases involving violations of human rights in relation to counter-terrorism. In Kyrgyzstan, it trained human rights lawyers and defenders in the context of government efforts to counter terrorism and to prevent violent extremism. In Tunisia, it assisted the National Commission on Counter-Terrorism in monitoring the implementation of the national strategy on counterterrorism and its compliance with international human rights standards. It also supported the Directorate General for Prisons and Rehabilitation on the prevention of violent extremism in prisons. 4. Administration of justice and law enforcement 47. In 2017, OHCHR and UNODC published the Resource book on the use of force and firearms in law enforcement to support States in their efforts to develop and implement more effective, accountable and human rights-based law enforcement policies.6 In Fiji, OHCHR supported police efforts to review and develop policies and strengthen internal accountability mechanisms. Advocacy by OHCHR contributed to the decision by the Government of Guatemala to withdraw the army from citizen security functions by early 2018. The Office provided substantive inputs to a conference on the use of force by law enforcement in Jamaica, organized in June 2017 by the Independent Commission of Investigations. 48. Pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 30/7, OHCHR presented a report on non-discrimination and the protection of persons with increased vulnerability in situations of deprivation of liberty (A/HRC/36/28) to the Council at its thirty-sixth session. In September 2017, OHCHR co-sponsored a high-level event at the seventy-second session of the General Assembly on the theme “Torture during interrogations: illegal, immoral and ineffective”. Pursuant to Council resolution 31/31, it convened a seminar in October on the implementation of effective safeguards to prevent torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment during police custody and pretrial detention. 49. OHCHR advocated for legislative enactments and reforms necessary to ensure that States comply with international human rights standards in the administration of justice, including in Honduras, Nepal and Sri Lanka. In March 2017, following sustained advocacy by OHCHR, the President of Afghanistan issued by decree a law on the prohibition of torture and the new Penal Code that both contain a definition of torture that is consistent with the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. In September, the President endorsed an annex to the said law providing for the right of victims of torture to bring claims for redress before civil and criminal courts. In Lebanon, advocacy by OHCHR contributed to the adoption of legislation to establish a national preventive mechanism and to criminalize torture. 50. In Argentina, OHCHR organized a workshop with judges to discuss the role the judiciary can play in upholding women’s rights by addressing wrongful gender stereotyping. An OHCHR workshop held in Eritrea for judicial and law enforcement officials focused on the issues of arrest, pre-trial detention and administrative detention; the treatment of detainees and prisoners; investigations, fair trial and appeal; and protection and non-discrimination of persons deprived of liberty. In Saudi Arabia, OHCHR organized two training workshops on the Manual on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (the Istanbul Protocol) for government and other justice and law enforcement officials, and supported the Saudi Human Rights Commission in the development of two training manuals on investigating allegations of torture. 51. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mauritania, Tunisia, among other countries, OHCHR continued to monitor detention facilities and to provide technical advice to improve conditions of detention. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, OHCHR supported 18 joint investigation teams with the military justice officials and 19 mobile court hearings aimed at facilitating victims’ access to justice. 6 Available at www.ohchr.org/Documents/ProfessionalInterest/UseOfForceAndFirearms.pdf. 9