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supported the Government to strengthen the capacity of its ministries, departments and
agencies to engage with the treaty bodies and implement the recommendations they made.
Following longstanding advocacy by OHCHR and the European Union, Guinea
adopted a national human rights plan spanning civil, political, economic, social and cultural
rights, including the right to development. OHCHR provided training on the human rightsbased approach to the Sustainable Development Goals, budgeting and data collection.
Consequently, the Government sought its assistance to advance the right to development
and economic, social and cultural rights in its implementation of the Sustainable
Development Goals. OHCHR cooperated with the parliament to promote civic space and
inclusive participation in public life, prevent violence, uphold the rule of law and fight
impunity. Leading human rights campaigns on key issues including child, early and forced
marriage, female genital mutilation, rape and sexual violence, it reached out to 1,453
beneficiaries in 23 cities. OHCHR trained 100 judicial and police officers on human rightsbased investigation and reporting and supported the interministerial committee on reporting
on and follow-up to human rights recommendations.
In Liberia, OHCHR supported the Ministry of Justice, which coordinates the
committee on the national mechanism on reporting and follow-up, the secretariat and
steering committee for the second National Human Rights Action Plan (2019–2024), which
was launched in December 2019. The Office provided training to Members of Parliament
on human rights and gender principles and assisted the Law Reform Commission to
identify laws that were not compliant with human rights standards and to recommend
amendments. In January 2020, OHCHR analysed the law on the judiciary of 1972 and
found that magisterial courts were in a vulnerable position with regard to the executive
power, which prompted a discussion on an amendment. OHCHR led the activities of the
national United Nations Human Rights Working Group, which under its guidance, prepared
the report of the Liberia United Nations country team for the universal periodic review.
With the Economic Community of West African States, the European Union and other
bodies, OHCHR initiated mediation between the Government and the Council of Patriots
before the peaceful protest of 7 June 2019.
In Tunisia, OHCHR supported the United Nations country team to mainstream a
human rights-based approach in its implementation of the 2030 Agenda and in its voluntary
national report on the Sustainable Development Goals. As a result, an analysis was
undertaken of the links between the Sustainable Development Goals and the human rights
treaties ratified by Tunisia and a section was added on leaving no one behind, listing
vulnerable groups. OHCHR trained United Nations country team staff to support the United
Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework and ensure that the guiding
principles of adopting a human rights-based approach and leaving no one behind were
upheld. With its support, the resident coordinator organized a workshop for heads of
agencies on taking a human rights-based approach, mainstreaming practices, challenges to
inter-agency coordination and opportunities for progress.
In Madagascar, OHCHR supported national human rights plans, policies and
institutions and a plan for the implementation of recommendations from human rights
mechanisms. The Office assisted the parliament and the judiciary, and supported the
establishment of a national human rights institution that was in accordance with the
principles relating to the status of national institutions for the promotion and protection of
human rights (the Paris Principles). It worked on capacity-building among rights holders,
notably vulnerable groups, including on improving their participation in development
policies, decision-making and the reconciliation process. Within the framework of the
Peacebuilding Fund, OHCHR contributed to implementing the Malagasy security sector
reform. It raised awareness about economic, social and cultural rights and human rights
compliance in natural resource exploitation. In that regard, the Office supported State
agents responsible for social and environmental permits for mining, petroleum and agrofuel
businesses; local communities, including with the creation of a charter for integrating
human rights standards in sector-based policies; and by implementing an independent
observatory of economic, social and cultural rights.
In Colombia, OHCHR established partnerships with the Office of the
Ombudsperson on the rights of women, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex
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