A/HRC/45/42 round-table discussion with justice institutions in Lira, Northern Region, to define security and justice strategies and their role in preventing and addressing the increasing number of cases of mob justice in the region. OHCHR also assisted the Commission in increasing its capacity to report and handle human rights cases by convening protection cluster meetings in the Karamoja Region, involving the main regional and district authorities and other relevant stakeholders. In September and October 2019, OHCHR and the Commission held training sessions on a human rights-based approach to data for representatives of the national and local governments. 24. Between August 2019 and March 2020, OHCHR, in collaboration with the Human Rights Commission in South Sudan, organized 13 capacity-building and educational events on human rights for staff of the Commission, human rights defenders, students and security forces. In October 2019, OHCHR conducted training for the staff of the Commission on detention monitoring, inspection, and documentation and reporting. In December 2019, OHCHR and the Commission conducted a series of activities to commemorate Human Rights Day. OHCHR also supported the Commission in establishing a database and signing a memorandum of understanding with key civil society organizations to facilitate advocacy and coordination of human rights-related activities, including the protection of human rights defenders. 25. In March 2020, OHCHR met with the Chair of the Malawi Human Rights Commission to plan a coordinated national human rights response in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. In April 2020, OHCHR and the Commission coordinated a joint response to a trafficking case, where 11 children from the Democratic Republic of the Congo had been brought into Malawi and detained by border officials. OHCHR arranged for the Commission to visit the children. 26. In May 2020, OHCHR provided technical and financial support to the Independent National Human Rights Commission of Burkina Faso to monitor human rights in the context of elections. 2. Americas and the Caribbean 27. During the period under review, the OHCHR regional offices for South and Central America, the OHCHR country offices in Colombia, Guatemala and Mexico, the human rights advisers to the United Nations country teams in Argentina, Barbados, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Jamaica, Paraguay and Uruguay, and the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti – and subsequently the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti – provided advice on and assistance in strengthening national human rights institutions. The activities described below were conducted. 28. OHCHR and the Office of the Human Rights Advocate of Guatemala developed a joint strategy to strengthen the latter’s capacity, which includes joint monitoring missions to identify main human rights violations. In August 2019, OHCHR conducted a survey on access to work for persons with disabilities in order to identify good practices and gaps within the Office of the Ombudsman. Between September and November 2019, OHCHR provided technical assistance to the Ombudsman to establish a specialized unit on human rights defenders and journalists, to develop institutional protocols on forced evictions and to draft and submit a follow-up report on the implementation of a judicial decision regarding the right to food. In November 2019, OHCHR trained staff of the local Ombudsman branches on the human rights of migrants. OHCHR also continued to support the engagement of the Ombudsman with United Nations mechanisms and processes. 29. In November and December 2019, OHCHR and the Office of the Ombudsman of Colombia conducted joint monitoring activities to prevent and document violent outbursts and human rights violations during mass protests. OHCHR also provided technical assistance to the Ombudsman to compile and analyse data, as well as to draft early warning reports on serious human rights violations. 30. In September and October 2019, OHCHR, in collaboration with UNDP and the human rights components of the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti and the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti, assisted the Office of the Ombudsman of 5