A/HRC/44/28 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 8

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