A/HRC/34/3 F. Early warning and protection of human rights in situations of conflict, violence and insecurity 1. Human rights, peace and security 81. OHCHR made concerted efforts to integrate the principles of human rights protection into United Nations efforts towards peace and security. During the reporting period, OHCHR technical and field expertise informed several briefings to the Security Council. OHCHR also continued to work closely with the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and the Department of Political Affairs to ensure that human rights were a central focus for peace operations. To that end, OHCHR collaborated on the design of predeployment human rights training for police and military personnel designated for peacekeeping missions and contributed to predeployment human rights screening of proposed military personnel under the human rights screening policy. 82. In the Central African Republic, Mali and Somalia, OHCHR worked closely with the two departments on consolidating protection functions to enhance the promotion and protection of all human rights, with a particular focus on conflict-related sexual violence and grave violations against children. In Burundi, OHCHR ensured that the African Union human rights observers had the required skills to carry out their mandate. In Sri Lanka, OHCHR advised the Government on the establishment of a domestic screening process for personnel identified for deployment to United Nations peacekeeping operations. 83. Securing coordinated and increased protection of civilians in conflicts remained a priority for OHCHR. In addition to monitoring and reporting on civilian casualties, the Human Rights Unit of UNAMA continued to provide technical input to the Government on civilian casualty mitigation. The Human Rights Office of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq continued to advocate with the Government on protection of civilians and standards for military conduct. Responding to the ongoing conflict in Yemen, OHCHR deployed human rights field monitors to support comprehensive monitoring and documentation of civilian casualties, targeting of civilian infrastructure, use of child soldiers and other human rights violations. The human rights monitoring mission in Ukraine produced four quarterly reports documenting civilian casualties and violations and abuses against civilians, as well as a specific report on accountability for killings. 84. OHCHR continued to provide advice to United Nations missions and country teams on the implementation of the human rights due diligence policy in the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia, Nepal, Pakistan, South Sudan, the Sudan (Darfur) and Somalia. 2. Emergency response and early warning 85. During the reporting period, the contingency fund and the internal rapid deployment roster were used to deploy teams to the State of Palestine, to support the OHCHR office in the framework of an upsurge of violence; to the Congo, to monitor human rights in the context of political instability; to support OHCHR migration monitoring missions in several countries of Europe; and to the Gambia, to monitor human rights in the context of the presidential elections. OHCHR also employed its emergency capacity for remote monitoring in Turkey as deployment to the country was not possible. 86. In the context of the Human Rights Up Front initiative, OHCHR began development of a common United Nations information management system for recording violations and threats to populations, with the support of the Deputy Secretary-General. 15