A/HRC/40/20 Annex Special Fund established by the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment: projects approved by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Grants Committee since the establishment of the Fund State Project summary Implementing entity Year of project 1. Armenia Strengthening of the national preventive mechanism Penal Reform International 2016 25 000.00 2. Armenia Enhancing the capacity of national Human Rights Defender of preventive mechanism members Armenia through training session and equipment, increasing awareness of the mandate 2018 24 985.00 3. Armenia Raising awareness of the national preventive mechanism, strengthening the skills of the staff on visit methodology 2019 23 160.00 4. Argentina Legal reform to assist the Abogados y Abogadas del establishment of the national Noroeste Argentino en Derechos preventive mechanism in Tucumán Humanos y Estudios Sociales and training of judges, penitentiary officers and social workers on the rights of detainees 2015 35 000.00 5. Argentina Data collection regarding violence in contexts of confinement; elaboration of a manual for prison staff; offering training to the penitentiary authorities; carrying out of public events to strengthen the local preventive mechanism Xumek 2018 25 000.00 6. Argentina Improving the capacity of the national preventive mechanism in monitoring medical care and the health of persons deprived of their liberty Procuración Penitenciaria de la Nación 2018 25 000.00 7. Benin Implementation of the recommendations of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture concerning the protection of children deprived of their liberty World Organization against 2012 Torture (non-governmental organization) in partnership with Enfants solidaires d’Afrique et du monde (local non-governmental organization) 19 539.00 8 Human Rights Defender of Armenia Grant amount (United States dollars)