A/HRC/22/22 Annex Special Fund established by the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment: call for applications for the period 2011-2012 Table of projects approved to date by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Grants Committee Grant amount (United States dollars) Country Project summary Applicant 1. Benin The implementation of recommendations concerning juveniles in detention World Organisation Against Torture (NGO) in partnership with Enfants Solidaires d’Afrique et du Monde (local NGO) 19 539 2. Honduras Training on human rights standards and prevention of torture for prison staff Ministry of Justice and Human Rights 20 000 3. Honduras Technical support to the national preventive mechanism (NPM) in Honduras and training for judges, prosecutors and public defenders Regional Office of the Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT) (NGO) in Panama 14 847 4. Maldives The notification of fundamental rights to foreign detainees in their local languages Human Rights Commission of the Maldives (NPM) 13 200 5. Maldives* Strengthening the work of the NPM through the organization of a second National Dialogue on the Prevention of Torture APT-Geneva (NGO) in partnership with the NPM 20 000 6. Mexico The provision of training on the use of the Manual on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Istanbul Protocol) Colectivo contra la Tortura y la Impunidad (NGO) 19 807 7. Paraguay The systematization of police records Ministry of the Interior 19 984 8. Paraguay The design of fair-trial indicators allowing the Supreme Court of Justice monitoring of constitutional guarantees of lawful detention and the presumption of innocence 20 000 9. Paraguay Support for the work of the national body in charge of the selection of the commissioners for the future NPM 19 500 Total * 6 Project cancelled due to a political situation in Maldives. Ministry of Justice and Labour 166,977