A/HRC/37/3 States organized a second regional conference on human rights in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the Arab region. 2. Economic, social and cultural rights 59. OHCHR continued its efforts to promote and protect economic, social and cultural rights. OHCHR and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations developed an information note on the relationship between the governance of small-scale fisheries and the realization of the right to adequate food. The note explains how implementing and monitoring the right to food of such communities directly contributes to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals. In Malawi, OHCHR supported the revision of a food and nutrition bill pursuant to a recommendation made by the Special Rapporteur on the right to food (see A/HRC/25/57/Add.1). 60. The High-level Working Group on the Health and Human Rights of Women, Children and Adolescents, co-convened by OHCHR and the World Health Organization (WHO) in May 2016, issued its report, entitled “Leading the realization of human rights to health and through health”, in May 2017,7 in which it made nine recommendations spanning three areas, namely, the creation of an enabling environment, partnering with people and strengthening evidence and accountability. As a follow-up, on 21 November 2017, the organizations signed a framework of cooperation to drive implementation of the recommendations. The Office also contributed to inter-agency initiatives, such as the joint United Nations statement on ending discrimination in health-care settings,8 and the Consolidated guideline on sexual and reproductive health and rights of women living with HIV,9 led by WHO. It supported regional and national capacity-building sessions for civil society on utilizing the human rights mechanisms on issues related to sexual and reproductive health and rights, including in East Africa and Central America, and in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. 61. In follow-up to its work on urbanization and the New Urban Agenda, the Office increased its collaboration with regional and local authorities. During the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III) in Quito, the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non-discrimination in this context launched the “Shift” initiative with the Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights and United Cities and Local Governments. Its aim is to mobilize global actors to change the perception of housing as a commodity to a human right. In the Middle East and North Africa, the already high number of forcibly displaced persons has grown exponentially in recent years owing to large-scale violence. OHCHR has developed guidance on land rights and returnees, with partners including the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the Norwegian Refugee Council. In Mauritania, it engaged with the World Bank on the integration of the principles of participation and non-discrimination in their joint project with the Government on the reform of land rights. 62. In Serbia, OHCHR produced a policy paper on the social implications of public procurement, particularly regarding the employment of persons with disabilities and marginalized minorities. To enable adjudication of economic social and cultural rights in courts, OHCHR Tunisia developed a manual for judges and lawyers, while OHCHR Uganda held training sessions for the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal and the High Court. 63. Pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 33/20, on 7 July 2017 OHCHR convened a seminar on ways to prevent, contain and/or mitigate the detrimental impact of the damage to or destruction of cultural heritage on the enjoyment of human rights. The 7 8 9 Available at www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/Women/WRGS/Health/ReportHLWG-humanrightshealth.pdf. Available from www.who.int/mediacentre/news/statements/2017/discrimination-in-health-care/en/. Available from www.who.int/reproductivehealth/publications/gender_rights/srhr-women-hiv/en/. 11