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deemed pertinent to the work of the Council, is also a welcome initiative that could be
replicated by other mechanisms.
38.
Cooperation between the Human Rights Council and the Special Adviser to the
Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide and the Special Representatives of the
Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict and for Children and Armed Conflict, all
reporting to the Security Council, should be strengthened by inviting the special advisers
more regularly to sessions of the Human Rights Council or requesting them, through
specific resolutions, to report to the Human Rights Council on their work. Exchanges of
information and joint activities between the special advisers and special procedure mandate
holders could also be further developed. The joint study by the Special Rapporteur on the
promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence and the Special
Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide published in March 2018 constitutes a positive
precedent (see A/HRC/37/65). The fact that the Commission of Inquiry on Burundi used, in
its last report (see A/HRC/42/49), the Framework of Analysis for Atrocity Crimes
developed by the Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect should
also be highlighted.
39.
Working relationships between Human Rights Council mechanisms and United
Nations regional political presences should be more systematic so that the senior
representatives of these presences integrate the analyses and recommendations of these
mechanisms in their regular briefings to the Security Council.
40.
Avenues for cooperation with the United Nations peacebuilding architecture also
need to be strengthened. While there are examples of some Human Rights Council
mechanisms, including special procedures, collaborating with the Peacebuilding Support
Office, there is currently no general established working relationship between the Council
and the Peacebuilding Commission. States should be encouraged to share with the
Peacebuilding Commission good experiences and practices on the interlinkages between
sustaining peace and human rights. The Council could also invite the Chair of the
Peacebuilding Commission to give a briefing on the Commission’s activities.
Peacebuilding country configurations6 should also be made more aware of the work of the
Council and its various mechanisms. OHCHR and the relevant special procedures should
approach them for this purpose.
41.
The adoption of a joint workplan between OHCHR and the Peacebuilding Support
Office covering the period 2019–2021 is a welcome step as it foresees, inter alia, the
exploration of ways for the Peacebuilding Support Office to provide inputs more
systematically for the universal periodic review. Similarly, the Peacebuilding Support
Office’s collaboration with special rapporteurs could be enhanced. The Peacebuilding
Support Office and OHCHR could work jointly on the development of a comprehensive
framework linking peacebuilding activities to the prevention of human rights violations,
which could then serve as a guiding framework for the incorporation of human rights issues
into peacebuilding priority plans.
42.
The Secretary-General’s prevention platform, building on the Human Rights Up
Front initiative, also offers an avenue for greater integration of human rights in United
Nations peace and security activities. OHCHR should ensure that the analyses and
recommendations of the Human Rights Council and its mechanisms are channelled towards
the mechanisms set up in the framework of the prevention platform. Human Rights Council
resolution 40/29 inviting the Secretary-General to present, at its forty-third session, a report
on the findings of the review commissioned on the operations of the United Nations in
Myanmar constitutes a good opportunity for the Council to discuss the implementation of
the Human Rights Up Front initiative.
B.
Linkages with the development pillar
43.
In its resolution 38/18, the Council explicitly referred to General Assembly
resolution 70/1, in which the latter recognized the need to build peaceful, just and inclusive
societies that were based on respect for human rights. This overall goal clearly connects the
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