UN HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE FIELD anticipation of the Committee’s preparation of a list of issues related to its review of Colombia’s ninth periodic report. The Office helped to arrange informal meetings and promoted opportunities for dialogue between representatives of State institutions, civil society and social organizations and FARC with the special rapporteurs who visited Colombia in the context of the 167th Period of Sessions of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). OHCHR also provided support to the official visit of the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, signalling the first official country visit by a special procedure in eight years. At the end of November, the IACHR undertook a three-day visit to Colombia, supported by OHCHR. The situation of human rights defenders as well as indigenous peoples and Afro-Colombians were some of the key issues examined. Development (D) D4 – Populations in situations of vulnerability (including Afro-Colombian and indigenous peoples) participate more fully in realizing their right to health. The policies and programmes of the comprehensive health assistance system (MIAS) and the comprehensive indigenous intercultural health system (SISPI) increasingly comply with human rights standards. OHCHR supported the Government to ensure that MIAS and SISPI increasingly complied with human rights standards, therefore enabling populations in situations of vulnerability to participate more fully in realizing their right to health. MIAS incorporated a number of international human rights standards and is based on a realistic diagnosis that includes the obstacles to the enjoyment of the right to health. Nevertheless, no significant progress was made in the implementation of MIAS over 234 UN HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT 2018 UN HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE FIELD the year. The Office primarily organized and participated in meetings, and provided technical inputs to facilitate coordination between MIAS and SISPI, especially in relation to their implementation in Choco. The Governor of Amazonas and indigenous authorities reached an agreement to advance the implementation of SISPI in this department. OHCHR contributed to this result by promoting the Permanent Coordination Roundtable of Indigenous Authorities and the Governor of Amazonas where it advised the departmental government and indigenous governments on the right to health and other economic and social rights of indigenous peoples. In addition, OHCHR supported the Government in adopting or strengthening policies that prevent human rights violations from occurring in the context of the justice system and strengthen mechanisms for collective reparations and land restitution under the Accountability pillar. Under the Non-Discrimination pillar, OHCHR worked with national institutions, namely the Ombudsman’s Office, the Ministry of Interior, the Procurator General’s Office, the Ministry of the Environment, the national police and the Presidential Office for Women’s Equality, to help them more effectively combat discrimination against ethnic minorities, women and LGBTI persons. Finally, OHCHR supported the implementation of the national action plan on business and human rights under the Development pillar and worked with the Social Prosperity Agency, the Illicit Crop Substitution Division, the National Land Agency, the Rural Development Agency and the Territorial Renovation Agency to strengthen their capacity to increasingly comply with international human rights standards. efforts to submit joint shadow reports to the Human Rights Committee and CAT. The Office assisted civil society in providing information to 10 special procedures mandate holders on a range of allegations of human rights violations, thereby improving civil society’s capacity to make use of these mechanisms. OHCHR also supported the official visit of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, ensuring that over 2,000 people from civil society organizations and indigenous organizations met directly with the Special Rapporteur and became more aware of and engaged in the substantive work of this mandate. GUATEMALA Population size1 Surface area1 Human Development Index2 NHRI (if applicable)3 17.25 million 109,000 km² 0.650 (rank: 126/188 in 2016) Status A, 2018 Type of engagement Country Office Year established 2005 Field office(s) Guatemala City UN partnership framework United Nations Development Assistance Framework 2014-2018 Staff as of 31 December 2018 48 Total income US$1,564,197 XB requirements 2018 US$5,420,500 Total XB expenditure US$3,596,992 Personnel Non-personnel PSC† 71% 18% 11% $2,548,500 $654,864 $393,629 Finally, the Office provided technical assistance on how to submit an individual complaint under CRPD to a legal team representing a woman with disabilities in a case of rape. Key OMP pillars in 2018 123 † Please refer to Data sources and notes on p.191. Peace and Security (PS) KEY PILLAR RESULTS: Mechanisms (M) M2 – Civil society organizations use Treaty Body or UPR follow-up procedures to submit individual case. OHCHR worked with civil society organizations to increase their capacity to present substantive submissions to the treaty bodies and UPR follow-up procedures and engage with special procedures by providing technical assistance, information and substantive support. In the context of the follow-up to the UPR recommendations that were published in March 2018, OHCHR provided support to ensure the consolidation of the UPR Coalition, comprised of approximately 100 civil society organizations from a wide range of sectors. Its main objective is to follow up on recommendations issued by the international human rights mechanisms and the commitments undertaken by the Guatemalan State, submit shadow reports to the international human rights mechanisms and develop an advocacy process for the implementation of the recommendations. The Office also provided technical assistance to the State to improve its platform for follow up of the recommendations from human rights mechanisms (SIMOREG). Furthermore, OHCHR supported a number of civil society organizations in their Shifts: Prevention PS3 – The policies and conduct of State institutions that are responsible for the security of citizens increasingly comply with international human rights standards; they give special attention to the rights of indigenous peoples, women, children, migrants and other groups subject to discrimination, as well as civil society organizations. OHCHR worked to increase the capacity of State institutions to comply with international human right norms and standards by providing technical assistance and support and documenting human rights concerns. 2018 marked the return to a more repressive approach to security, including through the increased military involvement in public security tasks. OHCHR documented cases of criminalization against human rights defenders. Civic Space UN HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT 2018 235