A/HRC/27/59 aimed at ensuring local implementation of human rights. The best practices illustrated below can be divided into two categories: (a) practices relating to human rights in general, i.e., mainstreaming human rights into local authorities’ activities; and (b) those relating to specific human rights or human rights of specific groups. 57. For instance, in Australia, all government services, including local government, are required to operate according to a code of conduct that includes “recognition of human rights”. The Australian Local Government Association and the National Human Rights Commission work in cooperation to operationalize human rights locally. Further, the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission facilitates local government forums, and has developed a toolkit for local government. The latter commission reviews local government programmes and practices on request to ensure they are compatible with the Victorian Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities and provide training to local councils. In the United States of America, human rights mainstreaming in local administration is taking place through initiatives such as “Bringing Human Rights Home: how state and local governments can use human rights to advance local policy”. In an inclusive approach to development that gives equal chances to citizens, Burundi maintains a policy of integrating the new national policy on human rights into the plans of local administration. In Hungary, a priority goal is to monitor implementation of the recommendations made to Hungary under the universal periodic review, which can and will be done via local government. In Colombia, through its programme “Medellin Protects Human Rights”, the City Council seeks to guarantee for the city integral protection, acknowledgement, restoration and reparation of human rights. The organs empowered for the implementation of those goals are the Sub-Secretariat of Human Rights, which is composed of three units, including a Human Rights Unit. 58. A number of initiatives are building local governments’ capacity on human rights. Burundi has targeted the police for human rights training. Mexico conducts sessions for civil servants on the new constitutional principles, including human rights. Georgia focuses capacity-building on citizens directly, rather than local governments. In Switzerland, best practices include the activities of the Swiss Centre of Expertise in Human Rights aimed at raising awareness on human rights issues, such as racism; three examples of best practices on racism include actions to inform, train and raise the public’s awareness in different regions. 59. In Luxembourg, many best practices apply to the integration of foreigners into society and promoting multilinguism and multiculturalism. For example, an office for welcoming and integrating foreign nationals in Luxembourg has been created to facilitate the integration process and is supported by the national, local authorities and civil society. In Hungary, local governments are required to analyse the conditions of disadvantaged groups in their area and promote equal opportunities for them. The Alliance for Democracy and Tolerance — against Extremism and Violence focuses on transferring successful projects and possible solutions from municipality to municipality across regions of Germany. In Slovenia, the Local Government Act defines the rights of national minorities and the Roma population to have formal representation in municipal councils, and other municipalities might establish municipal bodies to deal with human rights issues. A programme there for solving settlement issues of Roma population is managed by the State and financially supported by the State budget. Furthermore, local governments in Slovenia must ensure and work towards gender mainstreaming. In April 1998, in the United States, San Francisco became the first municipality in the world to adopt a local ordinance reflecting the principles of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. The Commission on the Status of Women was designated as the implementing and monitoring agency for the Convention in San Francisco. 16