HIGHLIGHTS OF RESULTS ADDITIONAL RESULTS FROM OTHER PILLARS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE PEACE AND SECURITY PILLAR: A1 Laws, policies and practices increasingly address, prevent and reduce human rights violations in the context of law enforcement and justice systems. P6 The voice of people affected by decisions, particularly victims and those who face discrimination, is more clearly heard. 38 UN HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT 2019 With support from the Office, the Government of the Central African Republic gradually deployed defence and security forces and administrative and judicial authorities beyond the capital, in an effort to enhance its capacity to protect civilians and address impunity. OHCHR applied the United Nations Human Rights Due Diligence Policy (HRDDP) in response to 132 requests for support from the defence and security forces. This resulted in the production of risk assessments and proposals for mitigating measures to prevent human rights violations. UN Human Rights screened 4,399 members of the defence and security forces who were to benefit from UN support. A total of 74 of those who were screened were excluded when it was determined that they were responsible for human rights violations. UN Human Rights continued to provide technical support for the integration of human rights into security sector reform through trainings, workshops and expert advice. It notably organized 60 training sessions and 10 workshops on international human rights law and international humanitarian law for 1,796 defence and security officers, including 287 women, in Bangui and across the country. Building on its support in 2018, in Colombia, OHCHR implemented strategies to increase the capacity of victims, their families, civil society organizations and national and regional collective processes to participate in the mechanisms of the System of Truth, Justice, Reparation and Non-Recurrence (SIVJRNR). UN Human Rights provided technical assistance to nine of the 10 organizations that attended the “Space for strategic litigation” workshop to facilitate their participation in the SIVJRNR mechanisms, thus increasing their capacity to present reports to the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP). As a result, the organizations prepared one report for the JEP on 23 cases of extrajudicial executions that were carried out in Cesar, between 2007 and 2009, and one report on 158 cases of extrajudicial executions that were carried out in Antioquia. Furthermore, the Office strengthened the capacity of the Coalición contra la vinculación de niños, niñas y jóvenes al conflicto armado en Colombia (COALICO) to actively participate in the SIVJRNR mechanisms. COALICO subsequently presented one report to the JEP, which in turn contributed to the opening of Case No. 007 on recruitment and the use of children in the Colombian armed conflict.

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