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vulnerable groups such as lesbian, gay bisexual, transgender and intersex people. The
project is aimed at: reducing impunity for discriminatory acts in service provision;
enhancing the work of free legal aid lawyers on discrimination cases; increasing the number
of investigations undertaken by relevant State authorities; and empowering vulnerable
groups to seek protection against discrimination and to receive effective remedy.
13.
Lack of birth registration has far-reaching negative implications on the enjoyment of
a wide range of human rights for the children concerned. In a project in Niger on birth
registration for children in remote nomadic areas, a local non-governmental organization
(NGO) will register children at birth in cooperation with the authorities, including local
magistrates. A similar project in Panama will be implemented by the OHCHR Regional
Office in Central America, based in Panama, in cooperation with the United Nations
Children’s Fund (UNICEF). This project will assist the National Directorate of the Civil
Registry of the Electoral Tribunal in reaching out to the indigenous Ngabe-Bugle
communities which follow the Mama Tata religion, in view of the specific
recommendations made to Panama during its 2010 UPR to step up its efforts to guarantee
the right of all children to birth registration.
14.
The United Nations country teams in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru and Uruguay,
with expert advice and support from the OHCHR Regional Office for South America,
based in Chile, and on a cost-sharing basis, have been providing support to the
Governments and civil society in these countries in analysing and reviewing key UPR
recommendations, defining road maps and identifying needs for capacity-building and
technical assistance, which have been integrated into the respective United Nations
common country programming documents, such as the United Nations Development
Assistance Framework (UNDAF). In addition, the United Nations country teams have been
promoting the documenting and sharing of good practices on cooperation among countries
with United Nations human rights mechanisms, as well as of strategies and policies to
address key thematic human rights issues of concern.
15.
A project in Bosnia and Herzegovina is intended to advocate the establishment of an
effective mechanism for integrated reporting and follow-up to the recommendations of
international human rights mechanisms by helping the Government’s UPR Working Group
to build the capacity for analysing and prioritizing the UPR recommendations. Thematic
clustering of the recommendations of United Nations human rights mechanisms for the
purpose of implementation will be undertaken. As part of monitoring the implementation of
prioritized UPR recommendations, the OHCHR guide, “Human rights indicators: A guide
to measurement and implementation”, will be translated into local languages and put to use
as a monitoring tool. The capacity of civil society organizations and the media in their
monitoring role for UPR follow-up will be strengthened.
16.
A regional project in English-speaking Eastern Caribbean States is aimed at
assessing the potentialities and challenges with regard to the implementation of UPR
recommendations and developing a corresponding strategy for implementation with the
relevant counterparts, including government, civil society and United Nations entities. A
plan of action will also be drawn up for the implementation of UPR recommendations in
line with the newly developed OHCHR strategic vision for UPR follow-up.
17.
A project in Paraguay is aimed at providing support in establishing a follow-up and
monitoring mechanism for recommendations stemming from international human rights
mechanisms.
18.
Continuing support will be provided to the Marshall Islands and Vanuatu with a
view to building the capacity of the Governments to implement the UPR recommendations.
Support in the form of United Nations Volunteers will be provided to these two
Governments.
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