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(i)
Facilitate the participation of those who survived and of the families of
disappeared persons in the different proceedings. To this end, mechanisms should be
established to ensure they receive psychosocial support from professionals with
experience in dealing with cases of enforced disappearance and who are trusted by the
victims. Follow-up mechanisms should also be established;
(j)
Create specialized multidisciplinary units for the investigation and
criminal prosecution of cases of enforced disappearances and foster joint contextual
investigations, in order to ensure better coordination of criminal policy and reduce the
fragmentation of investigations;
(k)
Promote the use of scientific evidence, on the basis of the Minnesota
Protocol on the Investigation of Potentially Unlawful Death (2016), including through
the creation of local, autonomous forensic teams with access to sufficient resources;
(l)
Develop policies for the conservation and disclosure of records, both
public and confidential, and take steps to ensure that qualified professionals and
adequate material resources are available to search those records;
(m) Establish clear mechanisms to ensure coordination, cooperation and
exchange of information between all State agencies involved in the investigations, in
particular those responsible for the criminal investigation and prosecution and for the
search for disappeared persons, in order to guarantee that progress and results are
achieved on all sides;
(n)
Cooperate with other States, both during the search for disappeared
persons and during criminal investigations, including by producing any relevant
evidence in their possession, establishing cooperation frameworks focused on offering
comprehensive assistance to the victims, surrendering or extraditing alleged
perpetrators and ensuring their investigation and trial;
(o)
Reform intelligence, military and security agencies that have actively
participated in acts of enforced disappearances, in order to help ensure their
transparency and enhance oversight by democratic institutions.
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