A/HRC/43/37 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 6 On Burundi, the Central African Republic, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia and Sierra Leone. 9

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