A/HRC/17/42 (c) Personnel trained in rights-based techniques to assist should be made available to the Commission’s headquarters permanent staff with processing applications and presenting them to the Commission, and with the various phases of project implementation. 86. With regard to the involvement of civil society in reconstruction, the Independent Expert recommends that the following measures be taken: (a) Specific rights-based training, in particular for humanitarian aid workers, should be provided; (b) Training workshops on monitoring the application of a rights-based approach to reconstruction should be organized with the help of MINUSTAH and the involvement of Haitian or international experts; (c) Reconstruction projects and, in particular, the application of the rights-based approach, should be subject to public oversight; (d) Civil society, especially organizations dealing with vulnerable persons such as women, children and persons with disabilities, should be involved systematically in the rebuilding of the country; (e) Labour-intensive reconstruction programmes should not be concentrated solely in the economic sectors traditionally occupied by men. 87. With regard to the case of Jean-Claude Duvalier, the Independent Expert recommends that the following measures be taken: (a) All available legal options for holding a fair trial should be explored; (b) A project to preserve the historical memory should be undertaken, modelled on the truth and fact-finding commissions established in various African and Latin American countries; (c) Education programmes should be established to teach young people about the crimes of the past; (d) A process of reflection on the impact of those crimes on the country’s future should be undertaken. 88. With regard to relations with civil society, the Independent Expert recommends that the following measures be taken: (a) Working relations and cooperation between Haitian human rights organizations and the MINUSTAH Human Rights Section in Port-au-Prince should be restored; (b) The possibility and relative advantages of replacing the MINUSTAH Human Rights Section with an office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights should be considered. 20 GE.11-12426

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