A/HRC/43/3
75.
OHCHR supported the Independent Expert on the final delivery of the global study
on children deprived of liberty (see A/74/136), and the Social Forum, which discussed the
promotion and protection of the rights of children and young persons through education
(see A/HRC/43/63).
76.
OHCHR further intensified its engagement on youth, including through the
deployment of five youth officers to field presences to engage directly with youth- and
student-led movements. Moreover, in the European Union, as well as in Barbados,
Cambodia, Lebanon, Ukraine and Tunisia, among other countries, OHCHR increased its
support to facilitate the participation of young persons.
9.
Persons with albinism
77.
In November, OHCHR and UNESCO, together with the Independent Expert on the
enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism, organized consultations with civil
society on the rights of persons with albinism in Mozambique and provided support to a
conference of Portuguese-speaking countries to review national action plans to protect the
rights of persons with albinism.
E.
1.
Accountability
Transitional justice
78.
OHCHR continued to support States and other stakeholders in the design and
implementation of context-specific, victim-centred and human rights-based accountability
and broader transitional justice processes.
79.
In El Salvador, OHCHR supported the Office of the Attorney-General in the
adoption of a policy for the investigation and prosecution of crimes against humanity and
war crimes committed during the armed conflict. In Colombia, it remained a key partner in
the implementation of a comprehensive transitional justice system and successfully
advocated for the extension of the law on victims and land reparation. In Haiti, it assisted
civil society in the elaboration of a national action plan to fight impunity and to document
past and current human rights violations. In Mexico, it supported the work of the
Presidential Commission for Truth and Justice in the Ayotzinapa case.
80.
In Tunisia, OHCHR supported the follow-up process for the implementation of the
recommendations of the Truth and Dignity Commission, monitored trials before the Special
Chambers, provided capacity-building for the domestic prosecution of cases of gross
human rights violations, and facilitated the coordination of civil society efforts on
transitional justice.
81.
In the Central African Republic, OHCHR supported the national consultative
process on the bill to establish a truth, justice, reparation and reconciliation commission. In
the Gambia, OHCHR and partners supported the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations
Commission in carrying out reconciliation dialogues. In Liberia, following sustained
advocacy by partners, with the support of OHCHR, the President requested Parliament to
provide guidance on all legislative and other measures towards the implementation of the
report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, including the establishment of a war
crimes court. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in the Kasai Province, OHCHR and
partners supported the development of a transitional justice strategy.
2.
Death penalty
82.
OHCHR continued to advocate with States for the establishment of moratoriums,
pursuant to General Assembly resolution 73/175, and for the protection of the rights of
those facing the death penalty, including in Bahrain, Brunei Darussalam, Iran (Islamic
Republic of), Iraq, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand
and the United States. OHCHR also participated in the 12th International Meeting of
Justice Ministers on the abolition of the death penalty organized by the Community of
Sant’Egidio.
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