A/HRC/7/69 page 7 1. The Americas and the Caribbean 12. As a follow-up to missions conducted in 2005, OHCHR provided advice to the Government of Chile concerning the compliance of the Instituto de Derechos Humanos of Chile with the Paris Principles. 2. Africa 13. OHCHR contracted a consultant to undertake a mission to Lesotho and to submit a report for the establishment of a NHRI. OHCHR provided comments on the draft legislation to establish a National Human Rights Commission in Lesotho and on the constitutional amendment. At the time of writing, a draft law has been developed in consultation with national actors, aimed at establishing a NHRI. 14. In cooperation with its regional office for East Africa located in Ethiopia, OHCHR is engaged in discussions on capacity-building of the Ethiopian NHRI and the possibility of accreditation by the ICC. 15. The OHCHR regional office for Southern Africa in South Africa, together with the Commonwealth Secretariat, is developing a joint strategy to establish a NHRI in Swaziland. 16. OHCHR provided advice on the draft legislation on the reorganization of the Human Rights Commission in Madagascar, through the UNDP Office in Antananarivo. 17. OHCHR and the human rights section of the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) supported the establishment of the Southern Sudan Human Rights Commission, based in Juba and incorporated in the Southern Sudan Interim Constitution. OHCHR in cooperation with UNMIS facilitated a study tour in Uganda and South Africa for the newly appointed members of the Southern Sudan Human Rights Commission. OHCHR is working with the Government of Southern Sudan to finalize the enabling legislation of the Southern Sudan Human Rights Commission. 18. On 21 August 2007, the United Nations Integrated Office in Sierra Leone (UNIOSIL) and the Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone held a workshop to find consensus on the capacity needs of the Commission and the role of the United Nations in supporting it. Four main areas of cooperation were identified: capacity-building, joint programmes, resource mobilization, communication and information. OHCHR, in cooperation with UNIOSIL, has been supporting the Government of Sierra Leone in the establishment of the Human Rights Commission, particularly the drafting of enabling legislation, and through the provision of advisory services (including concerning the appointment process). OHCHR facilitated the integration of the Commission into the regional and subregional networks of NHRIs, as well as the participation of the members of the Commission to the 6th Conference of African NHRIs (Kigali, Rwanda, 8-10 October 2007). 19. In Côte d’Ivoire, OHCHR and the human rights section of the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (ONUCI) provided a legal analysis of Presidential Decree No. 2005-08/PR of 15 July 2005 establishing the National Human Rights Commission. A study tour to Kigali was also organized in October 2007 for the members of the Commission.