A/HRC/43/3 33. As part of phase III of its Accountability and Remedy Project, which focuses on non-State-based grievance mechanisms for access to remedy in cases of business-related rights abuses, OHCHR convened five regional meetings, which culminated in a draft discussion paper on insights for phase III,15 which was discussed at a global multistakeholder consultation in November 2019 in Geneva. 34. In October, OHCHR organized consultations with civil society and national human rights institutions from Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe to improve accountability for business-related human rights abuses and victims’ access to remedy through non-judicial grievance mechanisms. 35. OHCHR also assisted the open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights with negotiations on the full text of a revised draft legally binding instrument. 36. The eighth session of the Forum on Business and Human Rights, supported by OHCHR, focused on implementing a State’s duty to protect and strengthen accountability and attracted 2,000 participants. C. Peace and security 1. Support to peace missions 37. In 2019, OHCHR continued to contribute to the Secretary-General’s Action for Peacekeeping initiative through sustained efforts to integrate human rights in peace operations. 38. OHCHR continued to strengthen its cooperation with the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, providing strategic planning and operational support on human rights in 12 United Nations peace operations. In 2019, OHCHR-led human rights trainings for peacekeeping reached more than 500 mission leaders, police and military officers. 39. OHCHR also engaged with the Security Council in support of robust human rights mandates for peace operations in the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Mali. OHCHR further sustained its collaboration with the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia to strengthen implementation of the peace agreement signed between the Government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of ColombiaPeople’s Army. 2. Human rights global policies and compliance frameworks 40. OHCHR continued to lead efforts to foster implementation of the human rights due diligence policy on United Nations support to non-United Nations security forces. It provided expertise in undertaking risk assessments and developing procedures and systems for the policy’s implementation in mission and non-mission settings including in Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Chad, Haiti, Libya, Lesotho, Mali, Mauritania, Myanmar, the Niger, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Ukraine and Zimbabwe. 41. OHCHR also continued to support the Joint Force of the Group of Five for the Sahel and the African Union Commission in the development and implementation of their human rights and international humanitarian law compliance and accountability frameworks. 42. OHCHR co-led efforts to develop a new United Nations policy and guidance for peace operations personnel on preventing and responding to conflict-related sexual violence. OHCHR also promoted a victim-centred and human rights-based approach in United Nations efforts to prevent and respond to sexual exploitation and abuse. It also contributed to the implementation of the Secretary-General’s human rights screening policy of United Nations personnel. It continued to work to harmonize standards applicable to United Nations and other forces operating under a Security Council mandate to ensure the relevant 15 See www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/Business/ARP/ARPIII_Discussion_Paper_Nov 2019.pdf. 7