74 organizations composed of government were identified to form the International Convention for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) StateCompliance-Report-Technical Working Group. C. Legal Services The objective of the program is to extend the necessary assistance to IPs who are involved in or affected by cases/issues/conflicts and to capacitate IPs through familiarity and awareness on remedial measures that may be adhered to, and training on possible immediate redress when confronted by issues (conflicts). Moreover, the output from the implementation of this program will be a vital source of data that may be used for the speedy disposition of cases pending before the NCIP. There are three components of the Legal Services. These are: 1. Indigenous Peoples Legal Assistance (IPLA) The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP), through its Central, Regional, and Provincial lawyers and legal officers, provides legal assistance and services to the ICCs/IPs by representing them before the regular courts and quasi-judicial bodies, conduction investigations on the basis of complaints filed by the ICCs/IPs, preparing pleadings and other legal documents for said clients or simply rendering legal opinion or advisory. For F.Y 2018, there were eight thousand four hundred eighty-one (8,481) Indigenous Peoples (IPs) provided with legal assistance. 2. Paralegal Training The paralegal training program seeks to educate and inform ICCs/IPs of their rights, the various applicable remedies they have in case these rights are violated and abused, and the different jurisdictions (courts, prosecution offices,