A/HRC/10/32 page 24 94. OHCHR Colombia continued to support the drafting of the National Action Plan on Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law until it became stalled, as well as the production of the National Human Rights Education Plan. As part of a project co-financed by the European Union, OHCHR Colombia organized a series of workshops, training and negotiation sessions to ensure that municipal development plans incorporate the human rights perspective. In this project, competent authorities were provided with methodological tools for developing such plans. OHCHR Colombia also provided human rights training tools to the School of Public Administration. 95. OHCHR Colombia trained 180 military judges on human rights and produced a guide and a leaflet for victims of enforced disappearance. It also helped organize an international seminar on enforced disappearance, entitled “Without Trace”, in June 2008. 96. At the request of the Office for Ethnic Affairs of the Ministry of the Interior and Justice, OHCHR Colombia organized a seminar and produced a publication on the right of indigenous communities to prior consultation on decisions affecting these communities. OHCHR Colombia further supported the Ministry by strengthening “reconciliation centres”46 and providing training to the officials in charge of the centres. 97. OHCHR Colombia issued 26 statements on a variety of matters of concern and distributed 98,675 copies of 81 different human rights publications, reports and compact disks to public officials, representatives of civil society and the general public. In the context of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, in addition to the commemorative celebration, OHCHR Colombia published a large number of teaching materials to explain the content and spirit of the Declaration. V. RECOMMENDATIONS 98. The High Commissioner repeats all her previous recommendations that have not been implemented, or have been only partially implemented, and again urges the Government, illegal armed groups and civil society at large to give priority to full respect for human rights and international humanitarian law. 99. The High Commissioner calls for dialogue and negotiations to achieve lasting peace and encourages all actors to consider, in particular, the following recommendations: (a) The High Commissioner calls on all parties to the conflict to fully accept and abide by international humanitarian law, respecting the life, integrity and property of the civilian population, without exception. The High Commissioner further requires that members of illegal armed groups should immediately and unconditionally release all kidnapped persons, including those who are being held as a result of the hostilities and are subject to prolonged periods of deprivation of liberty with total disregard for the minimum standards of decent and humane treatment required by international humanitarian law; 46 This is a Government-led initiative aiming at promoting values such as solidarity, respect and tolerance among communities.

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