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. 12

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