A/HRC/27/56 (l) Urges prosecutors to exercise diligently their duty to protect the public interest, which is not to be confused with defending the interest of a government, political party or State institution; (m) Urges States and prosecutors to ensure that criminal justice does not become an instance of mere “turn-taking”. Prosecutorial investigations must follow credible indicia and abide by due process standards, and decisions to prosecute must be based on evidence alone, assessed in an even-handed manner. All explicit and implicit bars leading to one-sided prosecutorial activity must be removed. (n) Urges States to pay appropriate attention to violations against individuals and to refrain from portraying the State as the ultimate and only victim of mass violations; (o) Calls on prosecutors to concentrate on charges that are representative of actual crimes committed; (p) Encourages States to consider the establishment of specialized bodies or coordination entities, afford them adequate financial and human resources, and ensure the adequate representation on them of people from a variety of backgrounds, including forensic and archiving experts for the preservation of critical evidence; (q) Encourages more focused international and regional cooperation, with an emphasis on country-to-country and triangular support modalities; (r) Calls for more victim participation in the design and implementation of prosecutorial strategies, and the institutionalization of participative mechanisms; (s) Calls for more systematic and comprehensive studies of victim participation measures, particularly at the domestic level; (t) Urges States to fulfil their duty to guarantee the safety of victims and all participants in processes meant to redress massive violations. 23

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