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.
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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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