A/HRC/25/19 69. In February 2013, I deployed a fact-finding mission to Mali to investigate gross human rights violations. 70. In July 2013, I deployed a fact-finding mission to the Central African Republic to look into human rights violations committed since December 2012. In September, I presented the findings in a report to the Human Rights Council.15 In the light of the deteriorating situation, an OHCHR monitoring team conducted a mission to the country in December to support the work of the human rights component of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in the Central African Republic. 71. In 2013, OHCHR human rights teams were also deployed to Rakhine, Myanmar to monitor the situation and to advise the United Nations country team with regard to intercommunal violence and the treatment of internally displaced persons. In July, at the request of the United Nations Resident Coordinator, a human rights officer was temporarily deployed to Nigeria. 72. My Office supported international commissions of inquiry and fact-finding missions mandated by the Human Rights Council in the Syrian Arab Republic and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, and provided them with advice on investigation methodology and tools for recording, analysing and archiving information. 73. Building on 20 years of experience in supporting almost 40 commissions of inquiry and fact-finding missions, including those mandated by the High Commissioner, OHCHR issued a publication containing guidance on and practice in international commissions of inquiry and fact-finding missions to support the work of States, commissions of inquiry and fact-finding missions and other relevant actors. In November, in cooperation with the Government of Switzerland, OHCHR brought together former members and staff of commissions of inquiry and fact-finding missions, Member States, non-governmental organizations and academic institutions to share their experiences and lessons learned with the aim of increasing the effectiveness and impact of such bodies. 74. A new version of the internal OHCHR human rights case database was developed; it is a case management system designed to systematize, harmonize and improve the collection, documentation, analysis and reporting of violations of human rights and international humanitarian law. In 2013, it was rolled out in the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire, and is thus now used by 14 OHCHR human rights field presences. 75. OHCHR continued to support the development of national capacity on human rights monitoring by means of training for civil society organizations, for instance from Maldives and Sri Lanka. 76. In Guatemala, OHCHR provided technical assistance in building a methodology to map social conflicts, in particular those related to the protection of indigenous lands rights, including by analysing root causes, common patterns and the responsibility of the State. 77. In 2013, as part of its responsibilities to develop human rights policy and training for United Nations peacekeeping operations and political missions, OHCHR collaborated with the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, the Department of Political Affairs and the Department of Field Support to develop guidance and training on integrating human rights into all aspects of mission work and to contribute to the conceptualization, planning and staffing of the human rights components of new peace missions in Mali and Somalia, and to the strengthening of the human rights capacity in the Central African Republic. 15 14 A/HRC/24/59 and Corr.1.

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