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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.
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A/HRC/24/59 and Corr.1.
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