A/HRC/45/42 practices on the role of national human rights institutions in implementing the 2030 Agenda. 60. OHCHR and the High Commission for Human Rights of Iraq organized a series of events and round tables to promote compliance with the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, the rights to freedom of expression and to peaceful assembly and the rights of women, minorities and human rights defenders. OHCHR also continued to provide technical support to the Commission to enhance its engagement with United Nations human rights mechanisms and processes. 61. In December 2019, OHCHR provided legislative advice to the United Arab Emirates for the establishment of national human rights institutions in compliance with the Paris Principles. 62. In March 2020, amid the outbreak of COVID-19, OHCHR, the Independent Commission for Human Rights and the Ministry of the Interior of Palestine outlined in a note specific obligations and recommendations on detention and the treatment of detainees, including preventive and responsive measures to ensure enjoyment of their basic rights amid the health emergency. B. 1. Support provided for regional and subregional initiatives of national human rights institutions Africa 63. In September 2019, OHCHR held in Sandton, South Africa, the Southern Africa subregional consultation on the Accountability and Remedy Project, with the participation of national human rights institutions, civil society and rights holders. The consultation provided a platform to discuss the role of national human rights institutions in facilitating access to remedy for victims of business-related human rights abuses. The human rights institutions of Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe exchanged experiences and best practices. 64. In November 2019, OHCHR provided technical and financial support to the Network of African National Human Rights Institutions for the organization of its twelfth biennial conference, held in Cairo. Participants discussed the role of national human rights institutions in the implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration. 2. Americas and the Caribbean 65. During the period under review, OHCHR provided technical and financial support for the establishment in Panama of the permanent secretariat of the Network of National Human Rights Institutions in the Americas. 66. In October 2019, in San José, OHCHR, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Costa Rica and the Centre for International Environmental Law co-organized a workshop where representatives of the national human rights institutions of Chile, Colombia and Guatemala discussed practical measures for integrating human rights into climate action. 3. Asia and the Pacific 67. In August 2019, OHCHR hosted a regional human rights and climate change conference in Nadi, Fiji, where national human rights institutions shared knowledge and best practices on climate change and migration. 68. In October 2019, in Bangkok, OHCHR held, in collaboration with the Asia-Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions, a workshop to promote the engagement of national human rights institutions from South Asia and South-East Asia in humanitarian action. Eleven national human rights institutions participated in the workshop. 69. In October 2019, in Bangkok, OHCHR supported the inquiry on climate change of the Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines by organizing a regional dialogue on 9