HIGHLIGHTS OF RESULTS PS2 Efforts to counter terrorism and prevent violent extremism comply with international law. As a result of a workshop on human rights and detention in relation to terrorism, which was conducted by OHCHR, the United Nations Police, the Justice and Corrections Section of MINUSMA and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), in June, 321 detainees were released who had been illegally detained in facilities under the responsibility of the Pôle Judiciaire Spécialisé (PJS), the leading entity in the fight against terrorism, money laundering and transborder criminality in Mali. The objective of the workshop was to strengthen the capacity of the personnel of the PJS. The workshop facilitated a debate on illegal detentions in relation to the fight against terrorism, as well as challenges faced by the PJS in handling the cases of persons arrested during counter-terrorism operations. Participants also explored possible avenues to improve detention conditions in compliance with international human rights law and international humanitarian law. In 2019, the G5 Sahel Compliance Framework was increasingly considered by UN Member States to be a tool that could help mitigate harm to civilians in the context of conflict and counterterrorism operations in the Sahel. OHCHR consistently engaged members of the Security Council, Member States, the African Union (AU) and UN entities at strategic levels in order to provide consistent political and technical support for its work with the G5 Sahel countries. In February, the Assistant Secretary-General delivered an informal briefing to Security Council members, the AU, the G5 Sahel and some permanent representatives from the European Union (EU) on the Compliance Framework. In March, the High Commissioner briefed the Security Council on the Compliance Framework during a ministerial meeting that was organized by Burkina Faso and France on the establishment of the FC-G5S. In coordination with the UN Department of Peace Operations, UN Human Rights provided inputs to the Secretary-General’s report to the Security Council on the FC-G5S, which was presented to the Security Council on 16 May. Following the presentation, 11 Security Council members referred to the Compliance Framework as a positive initiative. Recommendations were put forward to fully operationalize its measures and mechanisms. PS3 Strategies to prevent and respond to conf lict consistently integrate human rights protec tion. UN Human Rights partnered with the Department of Peace Operations, Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict to draft and sign a new joint United Nations Field Missions Policy: Preventing and responding to conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV), which provides guidance and explains the responsibilities and complementarity of mission components in peace operations, including the leading role of human rights components in implementing Security Council mandates on CRSV. The policy entered into force as of 1 January 2020. UN Human Rights supported the development of a regional UN-wide strategy on sustaining peace in the Western Balkans. In March, UN Human Rights hosted an expanded retreat and facilitated human rights briefings for the Western Balkan Inter-Agency Working Group and Resident Coordinators (RCs) from the region. The adoption by the Secretary-General of a UN Action Plan for the Western Balkans, in June, created space for UN Human Rights to promote the application of an HRBA to its implementation and enhance its work in the region, together with UN entities and other partners. In this regard, UN Human Rights continued to undertake high-level advocacy on human rights concerns, including through increased engagement with authorities and an enhanced presence in the region. With the deployment of a Human Rights Adviser (HRA) to Montenegro, in September, UN Human Rights now has four field presences in the Western Balkans. UN Human Rights, in coordination with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Presidential Commission on Human Rights, provided technical assistance to the National Civil Police (PNC) of Guatemala, for the integration of human rights standards into the Shifts: Climate change Corruption Inequalities New technologies People on the move UN HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT 2019 33