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established national preventive mechanism; and in Tajikistan, the joint advocacy of the
Office and the Ombudsman and civil society led to the establishment of a pilot mechanism
to monitor closed institutions.
59.
OHCHR pursued its involvement in the ongoing review process of the Standard
Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, and organized a workshop on traditional
justice and an expert consultation on military justice.
60.
In Mexico, OHCHR provided advice on the revision of the military justice code. In
Guatemala, it put in place a comprehensive strategy to strengthen the national capacity to
fight impunity. Its continued support for the justice sector resulted in an increased
application of international human rights standards in judicial resolutions. Through regional
judicial roundtables held throughout Cambodia, OHCHR convened judges, prosecutors,
lawyers, court clerks and prison and police officials to foster cooperation and improve the
delivery of justice.
61.
As part of ongoing efforts to assist States and other relevant stakeholders to ensure
human rights-based governance of migration at international borders, OHCHR released its
recommended principles and guidelines on human rights at international borders,18 which
translate the international human rights framework into practical border governance
measures.
D.
Integrating human rights in development and the economic sphere
1.
Human rights in development
62.
The Office contributed to ensuring that human rights, including the right to
development, are fully integrated into the Sustainable Development Goals and the post2015 development agenda so that, unlike the Millennium Development Goals, the new
global agenda for development is closely aligned with international human rights standards.
OHCHR efforts included engaging with Member States during the negotiations of the Open
Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals, organizing high-level events and
contributing technical input to United Nations interagency mechanisms supporting the
negotiations of Member States. OHCHR consistently called for human rights to be
mainstreamed across all goals, targets and indicators and for a universal, balanced
framework ensuring freedom from fear and from want for all, without discrimination.
63.
I am encouraged that the outcome document of the Open Working Group on
Sustainable Development Goals19 reflects the above-mentioned human rights imperative,
and OHCHR will work to preserve these gains while addressing gaps and promoting strong
accountability architecture and human rights indicators.
64.
OHCHR promoted a human rights-based approach to data collection in discussions
on the post-2015development agenda. It assisted several States, including Côte d’Ivoire,
Egypt, Morocco and Togo, in integrating human rights indicators into the formulation and
impact assessments of national development policies and programmes.
65.
Efforts to integrate human rights into development and the economic sphere also
included developing human rights impact assessments, which can be effective in
identifying, quantifying and evaluating the ways that trade and investment have an impact
on the full spectrum of human rights.
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Available from
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Available from http://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/focussdgs.html.
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