112 INTERNATIONAL LEGAL PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN ARMED CONFLICT rights standards in armed conflict.177 Furthermore, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Sudan recommended, for example, that “all parties [to the conflict] should respect international humanitarian law and human rights law.”178 G. HUMAN RIGHTS COMPONENTS OF UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING MISSIONS The United Nations systematically includes human rights components in its peace missions established by the Security Council. These components, integral to the mission but reporting also to OHCHR, are required to respond to concerns of both international human rights law and international humanitarian law. For example, the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) was mandated “to assist [the Government] in the promotion and protection of human rights, […] investigate human rights violations […] and […] cooperate with efforts to ensure that those responsible for serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law are brought to justice”.179 The human rights component of the United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS) was established “[t]o ensure an adequate human rights presence, capacity, and expertise within UNMIS to carry out human rights promotion, civilian protection, and monitoring activities”.180 The United Nations Mission in the Sudan and OHCHR regularly publish reports on their monitoring and investigations of respect for international human rights    See, for instance, E/CN.4/2001/51, E/CN.4/2002/59, E/CN.4/2004/48, E/ CN.4/2005/48, E/CN.4/2006/41, A/HRC/7/16, A/HRC/5/5, A/60/321, E/ CN.4/2006/52, A/63/271, E/CN.4/Sub.2/2004/40, E/CN.4/2006/98, A/ HRC/6/17, A/63/223, E/CN.4/2006/67, A/HRC/8/10, E/CN.4/2006/6, A/ HRC/6/19, A/HRC/10/13/Add.2 and A/HRC/8/6/Add.4. 178   E/CN.4/2006/111, para. 81. 179   Security Council resolution 1565 (2004). 180   See Security Council resolution 1590 (2005), para. 4 (a) (ix), extended by resolution 1706 (2006). 177

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