HIGHLIGHTS OF RESULTS development of the Protocol on the Use of Force, with a view to improving the performance of their duties in the upcoming elections. The Ministry of the Interior adopted the Protocol, in June, prior to the general elections, during which the PNC played an important preventive role. UN Human Rights monitored the implementation of the Protocol during the elections and will continue to do so in all relevant situations, including demonstrations, protests, detentions and all other forms of police intervention. UN Human Rights engaged with Security Council experts to provide a human rights analysis of primary conflict drivers in order to support the shaping of human rights mandates for peace operations that can effectively address those drivers. As a result, 12 Security Council resolutions adopted in 2019 include dedicated sections on human rights with a monitoring and reporting mandate. PS4 Justice mechanisms, including for transitional justice, provide increased accountability for conflict-related violations. UN Human Rights provided advice and in-country support to a wide range of stakeholders (States, civil society, victim groups, UN partners) and engaged in reflection on and the design or implementation of transitional justice processes and mechanisms, including in Afghanistan, the Central African Republic, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, El Salvador, the Gambia, Guatemala, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Myanmar, Nepal, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, the Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia and the Western Balkans. Examples include advice/ support on the design of a comprehensive transitional justice strategy (the Central African Republic, the Gambia), draft legislation on transitional justice processes and mechanisms (the Central African Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Kosovo2), draft regulations on reparations programmes and justice-sensitive security sector reform processes (the Gambia) and the socioeconomic re-integration of members of armed and terrorist groups (the DRC). In Colombia, UN Human Rights continued to provide technical assistance to the Search Unit for Persons Deemed as Missing in the Context of the Armed Conflict (UBPD) in order to increase the analytical capacities of the Unit to design strategies and methodologies for the search, location, identification and dignified delivery of remains, as well as the delimitation of the universe of persons deemed to have disappeared. In addition, UN Human Rights provided technical assistance to the UBPD for the inclusion of international human rights standards of victim’s participation in the autonomous and independent process of selecting delegates from the organizations of victims of kidnappings and enforced disappearance to serve on the UBPD Advisory Board. In Tunisia, UN Human Rights provided extensive technical assistance to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission “Instance Vérité et Dignité” (IVD), enabling it to fulfil its mandate in conformity with international standards. In particular, technical support was provided during the elaboration phase of the final report, notably on drafting of the IVD’s recommendations. The recommendations focus on the State’s reforms at the legal, political and institutional levels to promote democracy, reinforce the rule of law and guarantee the non-recurrence of past human rights abuses. The final report seeks to uncover the truth about violations of human rights committed between 1955 and 2013 and provides reparation measures for victims that have been included in a global reparation programme. The IVD’s report was submitted and published, in March, in accordance with Law 53-2013. The IVD transmitted 69 indictments to the Specialized Criminal Chambers (SCC) with regard to 1,120 cases of torture, rape and other forms of sexual violence, enforced disappearance, murder, arbitrary detention, human trafficking, corruption and the misuse of public funds. It issued 145 decisions which referred cases of a similar nature to the SCC. The cases and the decisions concerned a total number of 1,666 victims and 1,426 perpetrators. As of the end of 2019, the SCC has held more than 150 hearings 2 34 UN HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT 2019 Shifts: A ll references to Kosovo should be understood in full compliance with United Nations Security Council resolution 1244 and without prejudice to the status of Kosovo. Global Constituency Prevention Civic Space