A/HRC/34/23 26. ASEAN was developing regional human rights indicators for its member States and revising the terms of reference of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Human Rights Commission in order to enhance its mandate. The Commission cooperated with national human rights institutions on irregular migration and cross-border environmental issues. III. Thematic discussions 27. In accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 30/3, the main focus of the workshop was on interaction with civil society organizations and human rights defenders. A. Procedural aspects of cooperation among the United Nations, regional human rights mechanisms, civil society organizations and human rights defenders 28. Before the workshop, an update on the four regional consultations organized by OHCHR held in Washington, D.C., Kigali, Bali and Warsaw, was provided. The consultations had focused on the key human rights challenges facing human rights defenders and civil society organizations in those regions and identified sub-themes for the 2016 global workshop. 29. An overview of the legal frameworks and political arrangements set up to promote and enhance the involvement of various stakeholders in the work of the Human Rights Council, the treaty bodies and other mechanisms was provided 30. A discussion was held on current procedures at the universal and regional level, including the reporting procedures of various United Nations and regional mechanisms, the development of the jurisprudence of the treaty bodies, days of general discussion and the preparation of general comments, the strengthening of the treaty body system and a capacity-building programme that involved consultation workshops with regional organizations, civil society and government authorities. 31. Consideration was given to legal frameworks facilitating the engagement of stakeholders, including the consultative status granted by the Economic and Social Council to civil society organizations and the guidelines for their participation in the universal periodic review. 32. Mention of the guidelines adopted by treaty bodies to facilitate the participation of civil society organizations and national human rights institutions in their processes was also made. 1. Good practices 33. Workshop participants recalled that under article 71 of the Charter of the United Nations and Economic and Social Council resolution 1996/31, NGOs could be given consultative status by the Economic and Social Council to engage with international mechanisms, including the Human Rights Council. Civil society organizations could also participate in the work of OHCHR and cooperate with special procedures and treaty bodies. 34. Several databases had been created by OHCHR for civil society and national human rights institutions, enabling them to subscribe to weekly updates on key human rights events at the United Nations. 35. Mention was made of a number of good practices by treaty bodies. For instance, the persons chairing treaty bodies regularly exchanged information, including on the friendly settlement of individual complaints, with representatives of regional mechanisms of the 6