A/HRC/24/31 to improve police and community relations in many localities. Between April and June 2013, UNAMID trained a total of 390 police personnel on human rights, community policing and gender-based violence in Darfur. It also trained 86 community policing volunteers and set up a total of 142 community safety committees in camps and villages. The Deputy Director General of Police, however, highlighted the need for further technical assistance and capacity-building to help the police service to continue to meet the human rights challenges confronting it in the discharge of its role. Special Prosecutor for Darfur crimes 69. The Special Prosecutor for Darfur crimes recently commenced the prosecution of Darfur conflict-related crimes in the Darfur Special Court. The Office of the Special Prosecutor is currently dealing with some 54 cases, 8 of which have already been decided by the courts. In order to ensure transparency, and following the Independent Expert’s results-oriented approach, the Special Prosecutor should publish periodic reports on tangible results achieved so that the public could evaluate its work. The Office of the Special Prosecutor for Darfur crimes has requested technical assistance and capacitybuilding from the international partners, including training for staff to build expertise to enable them to discharge their responsibilities effectively. In view of the Special Prosecutor’s very important role of ensuring justice in Darfur, the Independent Expert urges international partners to provide the Office with the necessary technical assistance and capacity-building, including training for staff, especially prosecutors. Civil society organizations 70. The Independent Expert met with representatives of civil society organizations in Khartoum, North Darfur, South Darfur and North Kordofan. In general, the representatives complained about censorship and intimidation by the Government. They also emphasized their need for technical assistance and capacity-building in order to enhance their human rights activities. 71. Various civil society organizations received relevant training and technical assistance through UNDP, UNAMID and NCHR, which has helped them to improve their competences in different aspects of human rights-related work. The Independent Expert urges the international community to continue to support civil society organizations in the Sudan by providing technical assistance and capacity-building, especially training in human rights advocacy, so as to enable them to operate more effectively, and paralegal training to enable them to provide legal assistance to victims of human rights violations. Academic community 72. The academic community in the Sudan can play an important role in improving the human rights situation in the country, particularly in the areas of human rights education, promoting public awareness and providing technical assistance to the Government in the implementation of its 10-year national human rights action plan. Academic staff in the Law Faculty of the University of Khartoum and the Centre for Peace and Human Rights Studies at the El-Fasher University have the required expertise and have expressed their willingness to contribute to the enhancement of human rights education in the country. 73. The academic community in the Sudan should be continually engaged and involved in the strategy to improve the human rights situation in the Sudan through their objective academic inputs into human rights policies and strategies in the country. International partners have provided assistance to academic staff of the University of Khartoum to enhance their capabilities, which is commendable and should be sustained. 17