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(b)
Ensure that the National Human Rights Commission develops more
effective and creative approaches to its work on right-to-life issues, for example,
through the provision of protective measures;
(c)
Continue and strengthen the role of the national preventive mechanism,
for example, by ensuring it receives adequate support and resources and can function
without interference;
(d)
Ensure the effective implementation of the system to monitor the
implementation of recommendations on human rights.
117. With respect to the protection of affected groups, the Special Rapporteur
recommends that the Government:
(a)
Ensure as a matter of priority that the policy framework for the
implementation of the Law for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders,
Journalists, Social Communicators and Justice Operators is completed and
implemented; also ensure that the national protection system is adequately staffed and
funded and that clear protocols are put in place to evaluate its performance and
improve its response to situations of risk; and raise awareness about the existence of
the mechanism, especially at the local level;
(b)
Instruct the relevant entities, for example, the national protection
system, to respond promptly and effectively to the precautionary measures granted by
the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights;
(c)
Take appropriate measures to protect the right to life of children,
particularly during protests, arrests and raids, and establish regulations for the
armed forces, police and judiciary on how to ensure the rights of children during the
investigation of homicides;
(d)
Train the police and judicial authorities on gender-identity and sexualorientation awareness; ensure protective and precautionary measures for lesbian, gay,
bisexual and transgender persons; and encourage societal tolerance;
(e)
Create a safe corridor for migrants in transit, including better protection
while in transit, strengthen cooperation between State bodies and community
organizations that provide humanitarian assistance to migrants, provide adequate
redress to victims of violence committed in the country and also provide adequate
consular services abroad;
(f)
Strengthen cross-border cooperation with countries in the region, with a
view to reducing the incidence of trafficking in persons;
(g)
Coordinate with countries in the region to establish shared databases on
fingerprints, DNA, genetics and missing persons;
(h)
Ensure full family and community reintegration of returning migrants
and design strategies that address the structural factors leading to the forced
migration of persons.
118. With respect to accountability for human rights violations, the Special
Rapporteur recommends that the Government:
(a)
Ensure the full, prompt, effective, impartial and diligent investigation of
homicides perpetrated against human rights defenders, justice operators, indigenous
people, journalists, land rights defenders, women, migrants, children, inmates and
lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons; and also ensure the effective
prosecution and conviction of the perpetrators and masterminds of those homicides;
(b)
Instruct prosecutors to complement individual investigations with
searches for broader patterns or other common factors that could help in
investigating crimes and in identifying the perpetrators and masterminds of the
above-mentioned homicides;
(c)
Ensure that sufficient funding to the Public Prosecutor’s Office, in
particular the Technical Agency of Criminal Investigation, to guarantee the continued
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