A/HRC/45/45/Add.2 106. National and local authorities, legislative and judicial officials, the media and other sectors with a measure of social influence should take responsibility for disseminating the historical memory of the violations suffered during the armed conflict, without distorting the findings of the Truth Commission report. 107. The Ministry of Education should redouble its efforts in the area of memory and human rights, ensure the effective inclusion of these matters into the educational curricula at all levels and establish evaluation mechanisms to assess and ensure the consistent and effective implementation of these programmes. 108. Training programmes for public officials, security forces and the armed forces on human rights and historical memory should be strengthened, including through an examination of State responsibility in the grave violations of human rights and humanitarian law committed during the armed conflict. 109. Measures should be put in place to remove the obstacles to gaining access to the Truth Commission archives, and collaboration should be initiated with the United Nations to facilitate this process. The need for human resources to process the extensive documentation can also be addressed with national and international assistance and cooperation in this matter. 110. The Government should respond positively to the request of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances to make an official visit to the country. B. Recommendations addressed to the international community and civil society institutions 111. The media and academic institutions should take an active role in disseminating the historical memory of these violations and provide space for victims and the organizations that represent or assist them to voice their demands for transitional justice. 112. Governments and agencies providing international cooperation should assist the work of victims’ organizations and other civil society groups working to promote truth, justice and memory of the human rights violations committed during the armed conflict. 113. Governments and agencies providing international cooperation should offer technical collaboration and assistance in building highly complex capacities, including with regard to forensic training and equipment and assistance and the collection and systematization of testimonies. They should also support projects to promote memory and reparation for the victims of the armed conflict. 114. The authorities of the Salvadoran Red Cross Society should make information about children transferred or given in adoption with alleged support from the “Ladies of the Red Cross” available to families and the justice system and make efforts to reconstruct the needed information. 115. The United Nations should establish mechanisms for collaboration with the State and with specialized archival entities in order to overcome current difficulties and ensure access to the Truth Commission files, including the need for human resources to draft, process and digitize the extensive documentation contained in the archive. 18 GE.20-09158

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