UN HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE FIELD UN HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE FIELD GUINEA Mechanisms (M) M2 – Civil society organizations, national human rights institutions, and non-traditional actors, particularly those working on emerging human rights issues (frontier issues), increasingly engage with the international human rights mechanisms and use their outcomes. Population size1 Surface area1 Human Development Index2 NHRI (if applicable)3 13.05 million 246,000 km² 0.459 (177/188 in 2016) Type of engagement Country Office Year established 2010 Field office(s) Conakry, Nzérékoré UN partnership framework United Nations Development Assistance Framework 2018-2022 Staff as of 31 December 2018 The Regional Office worked to build the capacity of civil society organizations to promote their increased engagement with the human rights mechanisms. In Ethiopia, OHCHR trained 11 civil society organizations on methods to monitor progress in the implementation of UPR recommendations. OHCHR also supported the process to prepare their submission for Ethiopia’s third cycle of the UPR in 2019. These organizations established a Working Group that developed UPR monitoring tools, organized trainings for other organizations and supported joint research activities with public universities to gather evidence on the status of the human rights situation in Ethiopia in relation to different thematic areas. The Working Group submitted 10 separate reports, covering five thematic human rights areas and crosscutting issues, in anticipation of Ethiopia’s third cycle of the UPR. In addition to the above, the Office worked to strengthen the capacities of civil society actors to apply human rights-based approaches in their work on sexual and reproductive health and rights and to integrate a human rights-based approach into the programmes and strategies of the UN and government entities under the Development pillar. 200 UN HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT 2018 Spotlights: Mechanisms (M) 20 Total income US$3,083,342 XB requirements 2018 US$3,871,300 Total XB expenditure US$2,724,799 Personnel Non-personnel PSC† 61% 28% 11% $1,655,480 $760,598 $308,721 † Please refer to Data sources and notes on p.191. KEY PILLAR RESULTS: Participation (P) P6 – By 2021 the participation in public life of discriminated groups, including women, youth, and people living with albinism, has increased. These groups are able to claim their rights. OHCHR contributed to the meaningful participation of rights-holders in public processes, especially women and discriminated groups, including persons with disabilities, by raising their awareness of relevant human rights principles and standards. Disabilities Following the approval by the Government of Guinea of the Law for the protection and promotion of the rights of persons with disabilities, on 18 April, the Office collaborated with the Ministry of Social Affairs and an NGO network working on the rights of persons with disabilities. This partnership resulted in the publication of a brochure and a series of outreach activities targeted towards young people, women and persons with disabilities, as means to disseminate the Law. Population size1 Surface area1 Human Development Index2 NHRI (if applicable)3 1.91 million 36,000 km² 0.455 (175/188 in 2016) Type of engagement Special Political Mission OHCHR provided technical support to the interministerial mechanism in charge of integrated reporting and implementation of outstanding treaty bodies, special procedures and UPR recommendations. Year established 2009 Field office(s) Bissau and Bafata UN partnership framework United Nations Partnership Framework 20162020 As a result, members of the interministerial committee validated the initial report under the ICESCR and developed a timeline for the drafting of overdue and upcoming reports. The interministerial committee replied to the issues raised by the Human Rights Committee during the October review of Guinea’s fifth periodic report under the ICCPR. Staff as of 31 December 2018 11 In addition, the Office in Guinea worked towards supporting the reform of the justice sector under the Accountability pillar and building the capacities of human rights defenders and the national human rights institution under the Participation pillar. Key OMP pillars in 2018 123 M1 – An interministerial committee that is mandated to prepare State reports to treaty bodies and the UPR is fully operational by 2021. GUINEA-BISSAU: THE UNITED NATIONS INTEGRATED PEACEBUILDING OFFICE IN GUINEA-BISSAU (UNIOGBIS) Key OMP pillars in 2018 123 † Please refer to Data sources and notes on p.191. KEY PILLAR RESULTS: Peace and Security (PS) PS6 – Risk assessment mitigation measures and standard operating procedures are applied when implementing the Human Rights Due Diligence Policy (HRDDP) and the guidance note of the United Nations Partnership Framework (UNPAF) Working Group on Human Rights. With the technical support of OHCHR and the Human Rights and Gender Section (HRS) of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS), the Peace Mission integrated international human rights norms, standards and principles into its work. that will act as an advisory body and ensure the effective implementation of the Policy. The HRS serves as the Secretariat of the HRDDP Task Force, which held its inaugural meeting in November. This first meeting was timely due to the various parallel processes that are ongoing in Guinea-Bissau, including the UNPAF midterm review, the drafting of a new UNPAF in 2019, the drawdown of the Peace Mission and Guinea-Bissau’s aspirations of becoming a troop-contributing country. The Government has requested support from the United Nations in this regard. In 2018, the UNPAF Human Rights Working Group established a task force to elaborate a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for the implementation of the HRDDP. The SOP entered into effect in November and is applicable to both the UN Country Team and UNIOGBIS. The SOP created an HRDDP Task Force Shifts: Civic Space UN HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT 2018 201