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11.
As noted in the previous report, OHCHR has focused its support on establishing
and/or strengthening national mechanisms and processes for follow-up. Key elements
identified for more effective follow-up at the national level include a well-functioning interinstitutional body, together with an implementation action plan that clearly identifies
achievable results and priorities, national government agencies responsible for
implementation, and indicators and timelines against which to measure impact.
Furthermore, OHCHR has been providing support with respect to key thematic issues
contained in such implementation action plans that have been identified as priorities.
12.
OHCHR has continued to document good practices; these serve as a vital tool for
States, which can adopt them and adapt them to their respective national contexts and
conditions in order to more effectively implement the recommendations of international
human rights mechanisms.
III. Results achieved through the implementation of activities
supported by the Voluntary Fund during 2015
13.
The present section provides examples of the results achieved through a range of
activities aimed at supporting States in implementing the recommendations of international
human rights mechanisms in an integrated manner on the ground.
14.
In Afghanistan, technical assistance and capacity-building was provided to the
Human Rights Support Unit of the Ministry of Justice. In cooperation with the United
Nations Development Programme, through its Justice and Human Rights in Afghanistan
project, a five-day training programme was held for specialists in the Unit. The aim was to
provide technical support and capacity-building assistance to help the Government properly
address substantial gaps in its ability to implement the recommendations and concluding
observations of United Nations human rights mechanisms, in particular recommendations
emanating from the universal periodic review. During the training programme, the national
action plan (2013-2017), was examined, with a focus on main bodies and partners for
implementation, challenges and opportunities. Close cooperation between the Unit and the
Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission was also discussed. A national
consultant was recruited to assist the Unit in reviewing Afghan laws in the light of
international human rights standards and identifying necessary amendments.
15.
Using the framework of United Nations country programming and drawing on the
experience of cooperation with Barbados in 2015, OHCHR has extended cooperation to
English-speaking Eastern Caribbean States, through which support was provided to national
human rights institution and universal periodic review focal points based in the Office of
the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Barbados and in the Organization of Eastern
Caribbean States.
16.
In Bosnia and Herzegovina, the relevant authorities have moved towards the
establishment of an effective mechanism for integrated reporting and follow-up to the
recommendations of United Nations human rights mechanisms. The human rights adviser
engaged with the Ministry for Human Rights and Refugees in order to raise the issue of
integrated reporting and follow-up to recommendations from human rights mechanisms and
the development of a priority list of activities. The adviser clustered universal periodic
review recommendations for the Ministry and presented a proposal for integrated reporting
as a follow-up to the drafting of the State’s report for the second cycle of the universal
periodic review. The adviser has also played a key role in coordinating joint submissions of
the United Nations country team to the United Nations human rights mechanisms.
17.
In Chad, the Unit of the Human Rights Adviser and the Ministry of Justice and
Human Rights, through its general directorate of human rights, together with the
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