A/HRC/22/32 75. The primary focus of assistance includes the training of court staff and the judiciary as well as the training of trainers; the preparation of court manuals; training on case-flow management; assistance with organizational development and strategic planning for courts; assistance in protecting the rights of juveniles in the judicial system; how to deal with vulnerable witnesses in court; assistance in compiling domestic laws and judgments. Recent countries to benefit under this project include Cameroon, Maldives, Samoa, Seychelles, Swaziland, the United Republic of Tanzania and Zambia. Other examples include training to the judiciary of Rwanda on the assessment of damages in civil cases (December 2011 and October 2012); and regional training to the judiciary in the Southern Africa region held in Zambia (March 2012) on a suitable legal framework for a sustainable investment and business environment. 76. Assistance is also provided upon request to jurisdictions seeking training in judicial ethics as well as training in substantive areas of domestic law. For instance, a workshop on judicial independence was held in Cameroon in June 2012 focused on how the maintenance of high standards of judicial behaviour contributes to public confidence in the profession. A workshop held in Papua New Guinea in February 2012 focused on the relevance of the Latimer House Principles12 to judicial independence, ethics and the protection of human rights. In March 2012 in Botswana, a workshop was held on strengthening a jurisprudence of equality in regards to violence against women. Other examples of technical assistance relating to the judiciary include: assistance to the judiciary of Rwanda in October 2012 on the assessment of damages; and training of magistrates in Belize on strengthening the administration of justice in June 2011. Ongoing assistance has been provided to Maldives since 2009 to strengthen the capacity of the judiciary to include: attendance at high-level training courses for senior members of the judiciary overseas; and study visits to judiciaries in other Commonwealth countries. 77. The Justice Section provides technical advice to the Governance and Institutional Development Division on the placement/appointment of judges in small Commonwealth jurisdictions to address the problem of lack of capacity. These judges assist in clearing case backlogs; strengthening the administration of justice and maintaining the independence and integrity of member State judiciaries. Under this initiative, judges have over the years been sent to: Belize, the Gambia, Lesotho, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Swaziland, Tonga and Vanuatu. The Justice Section also provided technical advice to the Division on the appointment of an expert to conduct a scoping mission with a view to placing on digital record, the Vital Statistics of Tonga in 2009.13 IV. Conclusions 78. Although only representing a small sample of activities across United Nations agencies, programmes and funds as well as regional organizations, the report reflects that strengthening States` judiciary systems and ensuring a fair and efficient administration of justice is a common concern among the United Nations and regional organizations. The work of the different organizations underscores the particularly crucial role of human rights in the administration of justice. 12 13 Commonwealth Secretariat, Commonwealth (Latimer House) Principles on the Three Branches of Government (Abuja, 2003). United Nations, Population and Vital Statistics Report, Statistical Papers Series A Vol. LXI, No. 2, New York, 2009. 17