A/HRC/10/30 page 9 implementation of peace agreements and fostering reconciliation between warring parties; monitoring and documenting developments and incidents, and thereby serving as an early warning mechanism; investigating, documenting and drawing attention to human rights violations; supporting the strengthening of criminal justice systems and thereby helping to prevent the recurrence of atrocities, given recognition that a weak justice system is often a contributing factor to the outbreak of armed conflict and human rights violations; and supporting the development of effective, inclusive and accountable security institutions so as to contribute to international peace and security, sustainable development and the enjoyment of human rights by all. With regard to past violations and crimes, peace operations also respond by facilitating the work of hybrid and international criminal tribunals, such as the support given by the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) to the International Criminal Court, or that of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone to the Special Court for Sierra Leone; supporting the strengthening of criminal justice systems and legislative frameworks to enable national authorities to carry out investigations and trials in response to human rights violations; and facilitating support for victims of past violations, including particularly vulnerable victims, such as women and children. 19. The mandate of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, as entrusted to her by the General Assembly in its resolution 48/141, enables the High Commissioner to use a variety of means for the purpose of early warning, including good offices and capacity-building. OHCHR is present in 48 countries, through stand-alone country offices, regional offices, human rights components of peacekeeping missions and human rights advisers to country teams. OHCHR implements mandates that frequently combine a mixture of human rights monitoring with assistance to States and national non-governmental organizations in addressing the human rights concerns identified. In the context of efforts to strengthen human rights protection capacities, and in a manner contributing to conflict prevention, OHCHR is currently implementing over 50 technical cooperation projects, typically in collaboration with States and with the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, UNDP, UNICEF, the United Nations Volunteers programme and other United Nations agencies and regional partners to help Governments, national institutions and non-governmental organizations to enhance their capacity in the area of human rights. OHCHR also provides technical and substantive support to 38 special procedures mechanisms, 10 working groups and complaints procedure of the Human Rights Council, and acts as secretariat to 8 human rights treaty bodies. All of these activities are central to predicting and preventing genocide. As part of the commemoration of the sixtieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, OHCHR developed a communication strategy and dedicated specific stories on its website to this event and provided video footage. On 21 January 2009, pursuant to Council resolution 7/25, OHCHR organized in Geneva a seminar on the prevention of genocide. With human rights experts drawn from Member States, the United Nations and civil society, the seminar considered the roles played by the special procedures and human rights treaty bodies in the prevention of genocide, asking if there was a prevention gap; and the role played by the legal and judicial systems in the prevention and punishment of genocide, asking what progress had been made to date. 20. The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs works closely with United Nations partners, including the office of the Special Adviser, and other actors at Headquarters and in the field in activities that contribute to broader efforts to protect civilians in complex emergencies and which may directly or indirectly have a bearing on efforts to prevent genocide and other mass atrocities. At the field level, the offices of the Office for the