HIGHLIGHTS OF RESULTS Highlights of pillar results Peace and Security (PS) PILLAR RESULTS / SHIFTS / SDGs RESULTS / SPOTLIGHTS PS1 OHCHR participated in five assessment missions to promote human rights integration into peace operations, including in the context of transitions, namely, UNAMID (March), AMISOM technical review (March), UNSOM review (May), MONUSCO independent strategic review (June/July) and UNOAU (October/November). Following these missions, UN Human Rights secured a central role for human rights during the transitions of UNAMID and MONUSCO. The independent MONUSCO strategic review report indicates that “human rights will be the main barometer for judging progress on various peace, security and rule of law efforts” in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and, “as human rights will be a key weather vane informing political engagement and protection tasks, a strong presence of the UN Joint Human Rights Office should continue in Kinshasa and the provinces,” even where the Mission is advised to drawdown. This provides an excellent basis for positioning human rights at the core of the transition, conflict prevention and peacebuilding work in the DRC. Parties to conflict and actors involved in peace operations increasingly comply with international human rights and humanitarian law and provide greater protection to civilians. Spotlights: Youth Disabilities Women Following UN Human Rights’ monitoring and advocacy efforts for the rights of children in armed conflict in Afghanistan, the Child Act (Child Rights Protection Law) was enacted through a presidential decree on 5 March. The Act includes provisions on recruitment and the use of children and bacha bazi, a harmful practice involving abuse of boys. Through trainings delivered by the HRS, 113 interlocutors, including teachers, judges, prosecutors and National Directorate of Security officers, were sensitized on the protection of children in armed conflict, specifically in relation to the prevention of sexual violence against children, such as bacha bazi. In Bolivia, UN Human Rights undertook monitoring and analysis of the human rights situation during the pre- and post-electoral crisis. This significantly contributed to a national process, including a national dialogue that led to a call for new elections and an agreement between the transitional Government and the Movement for Socialism, on 23 November, to address the post-electoral crisis. Through the deployment of a technical mission, on 11 November, we facilitated the inclusion of human rights as a key element of the agreement. More specifically, the agreement calls upon the UN to provide assistance in relation to three main areas through the UN’s Initiative for the Consolidation of Peace in Bolivia, namely: 1) electoral assistance that is led by UNDP; 2) dialogue that is led by the Resident Coordinator’s Office (RCO); and 3) the promotion and protection of human rights that is led by OHCHR with the support of UN Women. Relevant institutions received political and technical advice during and after the crisis on relevant human rights situations. In particular, UN Human Rights provided a technical analysis of Decree No. 4078, which appeared to grant the military with overly broad discretion to use force. On 28 November, the Decree was derogated, as recommended by UN Human Rights and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. In the context of the protracted conflict in Transnistria (Republic of Moldova), OHCHR supported Thomas Hammarberg, UN Senior Expert for the Transnistrian region, to prepare a follow-up report to his 2013 baseline study and contributed to his end-of-mission statement that outlined the need to better integrate human rights into the ongoing settlement process. The report was presented to the constitutional and de facto authorities and contributed to advocacy efforts to widen civic space and minimize protection gaps. 32 UN HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT 2019 Shifts: Global Constituency Prevention Civic Space