A/HRC/7/69 page 8 20. OHCHR has engaged with the Sub-regional Centre for Human Rights and Democracy for Central Africa (Yaoundé, Cameroon) and with the United Nations Operation in Burundi (BINUB) with a view to providing legal and policy advice to the Government of Burundi for the establishment of an independent NHRI. It is working with the focal point within BINUB. 21. OHCHR has been supporting the Ugandan Human Rights Commission in strengthening its complaints handling system. In mid-January 2008, two staff members of the Indian Human Rights Commission will deploy to Uganda to support OHCHR and the Ugandan Human Rights Commission in connection with strengthening complaints handling procedures and use of relevant database. The mission is organized and funded by OHCHR-Uganda. 3. Asia and the Pacific 22. A three-year capacity-building project was jointly developed by the Provedor’s Office of Timor-Leste, UNDP and OHCHR. Implementation began in January 2007 and serves as an umbrella for the donor community to the Provedor’s Office. OHCHR provided technical advice to the Provedor for Human Rights and Justice of Timor-Leste on the establishment of an advisory voluntary council which would ensure greater pluralism within the institution. 23. OHCHR contracted a consultant to support and join a UNDP-led needs assessment mission with the Raoul Wallenberg Institute for the support and strengthening of the Indonesian national human rights institution, KOMNAS HAM (11 November-5 December 2007). 24. From 15 to 23 December 2007, OHCHR undertook a mission to Cambodia with a contracted consultant from the NHRI of Northern Ireland to meet key national and international stakeholders. The objective of the mission was to support the establishment of a Paris Principles compliant NHRI in Cambodia. 25. OHCHR provided an advisory paper on a project research paper on forms of NHRIs in Small Pacific Island States, and on a discussion paper on ratification of international human rights treaties in the Pacific and the added value for the Pacific region. 4. Europe 26. In February 2007, OHCHR provided legal advice on the draft law to establish a NHRI in Italy. Further advice followed, in consultation with Italian civil society organizations. The text of the draft law was approved in April 2007 by the Chamber of Deputies and remains to be endorsed by the Senate. 27. Regarding Tajikistan, UNDP and OHCHR jointly developed a project for the provision of assistance in the drafting of a law on a NHRI. The project ran from October to December 2007 and involved sharing knowledge on NHRIs, the hiring of a consultant to assist the Governmental Working Group to draft a law on the NHRI; and the organization of a national roundtable to publicly discuss the draft law. The Working Group is scheduled to present the draft text to the Government by the end of December 2007.