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84. Working with the Ministry of Interior and Justice, the office in Colombia implemented a
programme of training in human rights for 141 officials and community leaders in 9 Civic
Coexistence Centers set up in municipalities where the conflict has been most intense. The office
in Colombia also started a project to support the Office for Ethnic Affairs of the Ministry of
Interior and Justice in the area of prior consultations with indigenous groups.
85. Working with the Procurator General, the office in Colombia supported the transition of
municipal administrations in a process of accountability addressed to municipal ombudsmen.
86. The office in Colombia held many training courses, including the following: (a) courses for
military officers and for personnel from other Latin American countries on matters of human
rights and international humanitarian law; (b) training for 12 civilian and military institutions on
the Istanbul Protocol regarding investigation of torture; (c) courses for prosecutors on
investigation of extrajudicial executions under the Minnesota Protocol; (d) courses for 98 judges
and appeal justices from the Courts Martial System on the application of the system’s
jurisdiction.
87. In the area of enforced disappearances, the office in Colombia began a project for the
development of a “diagnostic guide” on the procedure to be followed before the administration
of justice in cases of enforced disappearance. In coordination with the ICRC, the office in
Colombia facilitated the work of an inter-institutional round table on psychosocial assistance to
the relatives of victims of enforced disappearance.
88. The project for strengthening the Attorney General’s Office, co-financed by the
European Union, ended in 2007. Activities after June were financed by USAID and were
designed to assist the implementation of the High Commissioner’s recommendations for the
institutional strengthening of the Attorney General’s Office, the fight against impunity and the
promotion of human rights and international humanitarian law in that office.
89. The signature of the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) with
the Government of Colombia on 23 July 2007 was a noteworthy accomplishment for the
United Nations Country Team in Colombia. The office in Colombia participated actively in the
drawing up of the document.
90. In the framework of the United Nations Action 2 Global Fund, the office in Colombia
supported the incorporation of the human rights-based approach in the pilot programme executed
jointly with the United Nations system in Soacha, along with the training of United Nations
officials in planning with a human rights perspective, and the evaluation of the impact of
activities performed from 2004 and 2007 in the Action 2 Programme.
91. Working through the Inter-Agency Group on Gender, the office in Colombia played an
active part in preparing information material on gender for all United Nations System officers in
Colombia. It also offered advice on the issue of gender-based violence to women members of
Congress, and participated in the design of an “Integral Strategy for the prevention, attention and
eradication of all forms of gender-based violence in Colombia”, a project to be financed by the
Millennium Development Goals Fund (MDGF) of Spain’s agency for international cooperation
and development, AECID.
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