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July 2019 in cooperation with the National Police College of Jamaica, among other things,
to build the capacity, knowledge and skills of police recruits to understand, identify and
respond to acts of discrimination and to build their legal literacy and procedural awareness
of the child protection system. Additionally, the trainings sought to shift attitudes and
biases among police recruits towards marginalized and vulnerable groups, such as lesbian,
gay, bisexual and transgender persons, persons living with HIV/AIDS and persons with
disabilities.
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The Human Rights Adviser in Jamaica also organized a workshop for the Jamaican
judiciary to present the online training platform on international human rights. The
workshop was organized in collaboration with the Judicial Education Institute of Jamaica
and the Court Management Services and was attended by the judges at all levels, including
the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. The workshop presented the main elements of the
training course and provided guidance on how trainers and judges can use the online
platform as a consultation tool. During the training, the online course was handed over
officially to the Judicial Education Institute and one administrator was assigned to manage
the site and to provide access to all members of the judiciary.
42.
As part of a Voluntary Fund project in Peru, the OHCHR Regional Office for South
America received technical support to develop an intersectoral protocol that identifies the
key phases for the preparation of reports and the implementation of recommendations, with
a special emphasis on the implementation of recommendations from the universal periodic
review. The protocol was widely disseminated among different stakeholders, such as the
ombudsman’s office and civil society organizations, and it will allow for a better
implementation of the universal periodic review and other human rights mechanisms’
recommendations. The Voluntary Fund also allowed the review of implementation of the
National Human Rights Plan for 2018–2021, including in light of the recommendations of
the third cycle of the universal periodic review and the 2030 Agenda.
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In Uruguay, the Voluntary Fund was used to create a course on the integration of
human rights recommendations into action plans of State institutions. More than 90 State
officers, mainly members of the institutions that compose the national mechanism for
implementation, reporting and follow-up, were trained on how to effectively integrate the
recommendations into planning processes within their institutions. The course was
facilitated by the Human Rights Adviser and co-organized by the United Nations Country
Team, OHCHR, the Institute of Public Policies on Human Rights of MERCOSUR, the
National Secretariat for Human Rights and the Uruguayan International Cooperation
Agency.
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The Voluntary Fund was also used in Uruguay to strengthen capacities of national
justice operators. Around 200 judicial operators (judges, prosecutors and public defenders)
were trained on international human rights standards and soft law and were equipped with
better tools to implement international human rights recommendations. Finally, the
Voluntary Fund supported the launching and implementation of a project focused on the
structural transformations needed for the fulfilment of the 2030 Agenda. The project, led by
the Resident Coordinator’s Office and the United Nations Development Programme
(UNDP) and aimed at strengthening the implementation of the 2030 Agenda in highincome countries, was part of a joint process among United Nations agencies, academia,
government, the private sector and civil society.
45.
Financing from the Voluntary Fund allowed the Regional Office for Central
America to continue to support the Government of Costa Rica in building capacity of
members of the Inter-Institutional Commission for the Monitoring and Implementation of
International Human Rights Obligations to finalize the installation of a national database
developed by Paraguay. The Regional Office will continue to support the Government in
implementing the recommendations of the international human rights mechanisms through
the action plan developed by the Inter-Institutional Commission.
46.
With the support of the Voluntary Fund, activities in Mauritania were aimed at the
implementation of the national action plan for the implementation of recommendations
from the 2015 universal periodic review, developed by the Commissariat for Human Rights,
Humanitarian Action and Relations with Civil Society in 2018. In March 2019, the
OHCHR Office in Mauritania organized a training session on formulating and adopting
human rights and Sustainable Development Goals indicators. Members of the
interministerial technical committee on drafting State reports and other focal points on
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