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a view to ensuring that the draft law was in line with relevant international human rights
standards. Previously, OHCHR had also provided extensive comments on the bill. The
consultation encouraged the Cabinet to submit the bill to parliament for its adoption.
36.
Furthermore, the Voluntary Fund was used by OHCHR to assist Mongolia in
launching the national recommendations tracking database, an important tool for the
Government to implement the recommendations of international human rights mechanisms.
Finally, the Voluntary Fund is also being used for the realization in the country of more
activities connected with the Equal and Free Campaign, which is aimed at ensuring the
protection of the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons.
37.
The OHCHR Regional Office for the Pacific used the Voluntary Fund to recruit a
national United Nations Volunteer to support the ongoing work of the Regional Office
related to the universal periodic review, including the assessment of the universal periodic
review recommendations. In 2019, the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review
reviewed the human rights record of New Zealand and Vanuatu (at its thirty-second
session), and Fiji (at its thirty-fourth session). The Volunteer continued providing technical
support to the United Nations country team in Fiji for its universal periodic review
submissions. The Volunteer was engaged in the development, coordination and delivery of
awareness-raising and training activities for national stakeholders, including on the role of
international human rights mechanisms, the establishment of a national mechanism for
reporting and follow-up and the development of action plans and indicators for the
implementation of recommendations.
38.
More than 40 high-level provincial officials who are part of the Federal Human
Rights Council of Argentina were trained on United Nations human rights mechanisms and
how to integrate universal periodic review recommendations into local public policies. In
this regard, the Human Rights Adviser, with funding support from the Voluntary Fund,
strengthened the capacities of the national mechanism for reporting and follow-up with the
aim of strengthening the capacity of State institutions to monitor and report on the
implementation of human rights recommendations and to link them with the 2030 Agenda
and Sustainable Development Goals. The training also enhanced the capacities of
provincial officials to recognize the fundamental principles of social and economic rights,
based on the mandate of the Federal Human Rights Council and the provincial Sustainable
Development Goal focal points through the application of the OHCHR methodology for
human rights indicators. Moreover, training was provided to the Office of the
Ombudsperson of the Nation on human rights indicators to follow up universal periodic
review recommendations; as a result, the Ombudsperson’s Office is developing a list of
indicators for monitoring implementation of review recommendations regarding the rights
to housing, health and education. In addition, the Voluntary Fund continued to provide
support to the national human rights secretariat and the National Council for the
Coordination of Social Policies, which is in charge of implementing the 2030 Agenda.
Technical assistance was also provided in order to build the online Recommendations
Monitoring System (SIMORE Plus), which links human rights recommendations with the
Sustainable Development Goals.
39.
The OHCHR Country Office in Guatemala assisted the Presidential Commission for
Coordinating Executive Policy in the field of human rights to establish the
Recommendations Monitoring System for Guatemala (SIMOREG). The System contains
over 2,000 recommendations from eight treaty bodies and the universal periodic review.
The OHCHR Country Office also provided support to the Presidential Commission to
develop workshops on international protection mechanisms and on the use of the
Recommendations Monitoring System, as well as to share the recommendations from the
most recent universal periodic review. In all, 525 representatives of 52 State institutions and
50 social organizations at the regional and local level participated in the workshops. The
OHCHR Country Office in Guatemala also provided technical assistance to the interinstitutional forum on human rights, including in meetings for inter-institutional
coordination, web revision of the Recommendations Monitoring System and verification of
booklets or ranking on the Universal Human Rights Index.
40.
As a part of its efforts to tackle police violence, OHCHR has undertaken a project
supported by the Voluntary Fund in Jamaica to educate police recruits on human rights
approaches, standards and requirements pertinent to their law enforcement roles. OHCHR,
with support from the Human Rights Adviser, organized three training sessions in June and
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