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Human Rights Council resolution S-2/1, and stated that the recommendations should be
interpreted in that light. It was agreed that OHCHR in Geneva and the OHCHR Regional Office
for the Middle East in Beirut would continue their course of action, as described in the
paragraphs below. It was also agreed that further working-level meetings would take place in
Geneva between the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Permanent
Mission of Lebanon.
5.
Within the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva, an
inter-branch task force was set up, in order to ensure a comprehensive and holistic approach to
follow-up on the Commission’s recommendations. The task force, in consultation with the
Government of Lebanon, is examining the possibility of designing activities and projects in order
to ensure the follow-up of specific recommendations.
6.
A number of recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry pertain directly to the
mandate of United Nations agencies or bodies other than the Office of the High Commissioner
for Human Rights and other intergovernmental and regional bodies. Some recommendations are
directly addressed to specific institutions. Consequently, letters have been sent to these
United Nations agencies and bodies and to other intergovernmental and regional bodies by the
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, drawing their attention to the report of the
Commission of Inquiry. In view of the fact that a number of the recipients have ongoing
programmes and activities closely linked to the recommendations, information on these
programmes and their achievements is also being requested. It is expected that, by the next
session of the Human Rights Council, enough information will be available for the Office of the
High Commissioner to be able to report on the activities relevant to the recommendations of the
Commission of Inquiry that are being implemented by other agencies and bodies.
7.
In Lebanon, the OHCHR Regional Office for the Middle East is initiating collaboration
with the United Nations Resident Coordinator, the United Nations Country Team and the
Lebanon Recovery Fund, to ensure that reconstruction and recovery efforts are conducted with
due regard to human rights and without discrimination. To systematize this effort, a Protection
Working Group is being set up, with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and
the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees as co-chairs. It will also include members of
civil society as well as government officials from relevant ministries. The Protection Working
Group will look into human rights aspects of economic and social recovery programmes,
emphasizing a rights-based approach to health, education, housing and other rights. It will also
call attention to the special protection needs of vulnerable groups. The Protection Working
Group will discuss the report of the Commission of Inquiry and will give due consideration to its
recommendations in developing its programmes. It will also provide information to the High
Commissioner on programmes and activities implemented in Lebanon. In addition, the OHCHR
Regional Office’s ongoing collaboration with the Lebanese Parliamentary Committee on Human
Rights is being strengthened. A capacity-building programme in the area of human rights law
and international humanitarian law has been conducted, and more such trainings are being
considered.
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