A/HRC/32/28 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 4

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