A/HRC/20/20 A. General information 24. Replies to the questionnaire were received from 70 States and entities: Afghanistan, Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Benin, Bhutan, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, China, Colombia, Côte d’Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, the Dominican Republic, Egypt, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Maldives, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Paraguay, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Qatar, the Republic of Moldova, Romania, Rwanda, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, the Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America, Uruguay and Zimbabwe. 25. The replies to the questionnaire were relatively homogeneously divided among continents, since 34 per cent of the States that replied are located in Europe, 24 per cent in Asia, 21 per cent in Africa, 20 per cent in the Americas and one per cent in Oceania. GLOBAL THEMATIC STUDY HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION AND CONTINUING TRAINING OF LEGAL PROFESSIONALS Participating countries - percentage by continent 1% 20% 34% 21% 24% Europe Asia Africa The Americas Oceania 26. The same homogeneity can be observed in relation to the institutions and organizations that submitted replies: 38 per cent came from the executive organ of the State, 25 per cent from the judiciary, 24 per cent from non-governmental organizations and 13 per cent from national human rights institutions and ombudspersons (see chart below). 7