A/HRC/37/3 4. Human rights education and training 80. The Office supported the World Programme for Human Rights Education, which provides a global framework for action and advocacy at all levels. In November 2017, it coorganized with the Equitas International Centre for Human Rights Education and four academic partners a conference on the theme “Bridging our diversities” in Montreal, Canada, at which some 300 practitioners, scholars and defenders from more than 50 States discussed good practices and strengthening cooperation. 81. In Madagascar, OHCHR supported the creation of 10 human rights documentation centres within State institutions. In Mauritania, it assisted the Ministry for National Education to develop modules for human rights education in primary and secondary schools. In South Africa, it funded and facilitated a workshop, led by the South African Human Rights Commission, the Department of Basic Education and the Department of Justice, to develop modules for inclusive education for teachers. As a result, human rights education is to become a compulsory subject in public education. In Uganda, the Office supported the Ministry of Education and Sports and the National Curriculum Development Centre to integrate human rights into the curriculum of all secondary schools. F. Early warning and protection of human rights in situations of conflict, violence and insecurity 1. Human rights, peace and security 82. OHCHR efforts on peacebuilding and sustaining peace included, in September 2017, the organization, with the assistance of Sierra Leone, Costa Rica and the Netherlands, of a high-level side event of the seventy-second session of the General Assembly on sustaining peace by strengthening human rights in international law. It also briefed the Peacebuilding Commission on the situation in Burundi and Sri Lanka, and worked on peacebuilding projects in several countries supported by the Peacebuilding Fund. 83. OHCHR monitored the status of implementation of the human rights due diligence policy by the United Nations system, and continued to give advice on its implementation by United Nations partners in the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lebanon, Liberia, Nepal, Pakistan, Somalia, South Sudan and the Sudan (Darfur). 84. The Office contributed to the pre-deployment human rights screening of proposed military personnel, and also to the design of pre-deployment human rights training for police and military personnel designated for peacekeeping missions. It continued to work with the Department of Peacekeeping Operations to integrate human rights into training for civilian and uniformed peacekeepers. It delivered in-mission training of trainers on conflictrelated sexual violence, directed at focal points from six peace missions, 10 in cooperation with the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, the Department of Political Affairs and the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict. 85. OHCHR continued to monitor and report publicly on critical human rights concerns, including violations by security forces and armed groups. It conducted a joint study with the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and the Department of Political Affairs that documents the positive impact of public reporting on human rights and the broader mandate of peace missions, and makes proposals for deepening this impact. 86. OHCHR also continued to strengthen its cooperation with the African Union, including by supporting the establishment of a comprehensive human rights and conduct and discipline compliance framework for African Union peace operations, and through 10 14 Namely, the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali, the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic, the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq, the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur and the United Nations Mission in South Sudan.