A/HRC/22/65 be made a permanent arrangement to allow the Haitian population to regain trust in the national police. 62. The independent expert recommends that an independent study be carried out to assess the vetting process in Haiti with a view to providing the information to the United Nations and sharing the lessons learned with other peacekeeping missions that could be entrusted with the same task. 63. Dysfunctions in the police service. Aside from the steps being taken to remove unwanted elements from the service, the attention of the independent expert was drawn to ongoing dysfunctions and rights violations in some units and departments of the National Police. For example, some police stations are reportedly run by police inspectors, while dozens of police chiefs have reportedly not been assigned to any station.15 The Inspectorate General of the National Police, which was set up in 2004 to police the police, is reportedly not functioning in conformity with the requirements of article 39 of the law concerning the establishment, organization and functioning of the National Police.16 64. Community Violence Reduction Programme. This programme, which was set up to deal with endemic violence in locations including Cité Soleil and Martissan, was successfully carried out by MINUSTAH and should continue to play a vital role in bringing stability and security to the country. Its purpose is to create pockets of economic growth in order to allow members of gangs, particularly young men and women, to escape from the cycle of gang violence. In 2011, the first Youth Placement and Advice Offices were established in Port-au-Prince and Cap-Haïtien. The independent expert regrets that it was not possible to build a sustainable partnership with the former National Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Commission. According to officials, 70 per cent of staff members are young Haitians who are well-trained and can be deployed to serve as a kind of early warning mechanism for problems concerning violence and security. 65. The independent expert recommends that work be pursued and developed by the National Observatory on Violence and Crime set up and supported by the State University of Haiti, with assistance from the International Centre for the Prevention of Crime.17 E. Situation of children 66. In June 2012, as part of the activities to mark Children’s Rights Day in Haiti, the Haitian National Assembly ratified the Hague Convention of 29 May 1993 on Protection of Children and Co-operation in respect of Intercountry Adoption. The law on accession to the Convention, which was voted through by the lower chamber and submitted to the Senate, has since been revised under the leadership of the Institut du Bien-Etre Social et de Recherches (Social Welfare and Research Institute) (IBESR), with support from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and MINUSTAH, so that it can be brought into line with the Hague Convention. IBESR submitted the final version to the Senate on 20 November 2012, but the text was still before the Senate at the time of writing. 67. The independent expert welcomes the fact that all adoption procedures have now been centralized under the authority of IBESR. This should put an end to the practice whereby children are selected directly from orphanages and crèches by adoptive parents. It 15 16 17 12 Letter dated 7 September 2012 from the National Human Rights Defence Network addressed to the Director-General of the National Police. Ibid. The International Centre for the Prevention of Crime is a non-governmental organization based in Montreal. It works exclusively on crime prevention and community security issues. GE.13-10672