A/HRC/23/27 Comparative analysis, technical cooperation projects, needs assessments and evaluation missions are also conducted to establish and strengthen the compliance of institutions with the Paris Principles. 6. During the period under review, OHCHR provided advice and/or assistance on the strengthening of human rights institutions in Afghanistan, Bahrain, Benin, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Côte d’Ivoire, the Congo, Croatia, Djibouti, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Equatorial Guinea, Guatemala, Haiti, Ireland, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mongolia, the Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Oman, Panama, Peru, Qatar, the Republic of Moldova, Rwanda, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. 7. OHCHR also provided assistance to activities aimed at the establishment of national human rights institutions in the Central African Republic, Comoros, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Lithuania, Mozambique, Myanmar, the Niger, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Somalia, the Sudan, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Uruguay and Yemen. 1. Africa 8. During the period under review, OHCHR regional offices for Central, East, Southern and West Africa, the OHCHR country offices in Togo and Uganda, the human rights advisers to the United Nations country teams in Guinea, the Great Lakes Region, Kenya, Madagascar, the Niger and Rwanda, and the human rights components of the United Nations missions in Burundi, the Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Somalia and Sudan, continued to provide advice and assistance, in partnership with the National Institutions and Regional Mechanisms Section, for the establishment and/or strengthening of national human rights institutions in Africa. 9. In June 2012, the OHCHR Regional Office for Central Africa organized a workshop for the staff of the Gabon National Human Rights Commission on African and international human rights systems and human rights monitoring and reporting. 10. The Regional Office, in partnership with the Cameroon National Commission on Human Rights and Freedoms, also organized a training session for 25 judicial and police officers on human rights principles during arrest and detention, as well as human rights training for magistrates and lawyers in 10 regions of Cameroon. 11. In collaboration with the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI), OHCHR provided support and legal advice for the drafting of the legislation to establish a national human rights institution. UNOCI also held training sessions for national stakeholders on the Paris Principles. As a result, legislation on the national human rights institution was enacted in December 2012. 12. The organic law establishing a national human rights institution in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was adopted by the Parliament on 6 December 2012. The adoption of the law was the result of years of advocacy by OHCHR, the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office and its partners. OHCHR also provided the authorities with a legal brief on the draft law, leading to relevant amendments that were integrated into the final version of the law. 13. OHCHR continued to provide technical and financial support to the Uganda Human Rights Commission, mainly with regard to human rights monitoring, reporting and 4