A/HRC/4/87 page 4 role in the area of human rights and transitional justice,1 it is important that all departments, agencies, programmes and funds work together so as to strengthen the capacity of national stakeholders. B. Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights 5. OHCHR support to United Nations field presences on transitional justice includes needs assessments, mission planning, selection and deployment of specialized staff, assistance in the design and conceptualization of transitional justice mechanisms in the field, and the provision of guidance in the form of policy tools. The Office has a dedicated capacity on transitional justice. 6. OHCHR is seeking to develop sustainable, long-term institutional capacity within United Nations field presences, transitional administrations and civil society to respond to the demands in this area. In this context, OHCHR has continued to elaborate transitional justice tools. The tools are meant to provide field missions, transitional administrations and civil society with the fundamental information required to effectively advise on the development of transitional justice mechanisms, in line with international human rights standards and best practices. 7. At the beginning of 2006, the first series of the OHCHR rule of law policy tools addressing different aspects of transitional justice were published. This included tools on (a) truth commissions; (b) prosecution initiatives; (c) vetting and institutional reform; (d) mapping the justice sector in post-conflict States; and (e) legal systems monitoring. 8. In 2006, OHCHR also initiated the development of the second series of tools, consisting of a tool on reparations programmes and on legacy of hybrid tribunals. 9. The policy tool on reparations programmes consists of the basic principles involved in setting up and implementing models of reparations programmes in post-conflict States and countries in transition. It also addresses the challenges faced by reparations programmes, including which violations should be subject to reparations and which kinds of benefits reparations programmes should distribute. In May and July 2006, OHCHR conducted field missions to Chile and Morocco to study practices and recent development in the area of reparations which would assist in the preparation of this tool. In August 2006, the Office organized a workshop to solicit expert views and feedback on the tool. It provided a forum to discuss the tool’s approach and analyse its effectiveness from the practical standpoint. Participants represented a wide range of expertise and practical experiences in the area of reparations programmes. 9. The policy tool on the legacy of hybrid tribunals aims to explore the potential for such tribunals to have a positive impact on the domestic justice system of post-conflict States so 1 See Commission on Human Rights resolution 2005/70.