A/HRC/12/18 page 10 Customary law courts have been involved in adjudicating disputes, particularly at community level. In 2008, HRRLS UNIPSIL collaborated with UNDP in organizing training programmes on human rights in the administration of justice, and international human rights instruments for customary law court officers. 23. Pursuant to the 2008 annex to the Agreement on Accountability and Reconciliation, the Government of Uganda announced the establishment of a war crimes court, as a special division of the Uganda High Court, in May 2008. The Government has assigned three Ugandan judges to the Court and expects to select two additional international judges. OHCHR Uganda plans to monitor the trials once cases begin appearing before the Court. (b) Asia and the Pacific 24. In 2003, the United Nations and the Government of Cambodia agreed to create Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia to try those who were most responsible for the crimes committed during the period of Khmer Rouge rule from 1975 to 1979. OHCHR is following the proceedings in the Extraordinary Chambers in order to identify best practices and encourage their incorporation into the national justice system. OHCHR is further monitoring implementation of the new Code of Penal Procedure, promulgated in August 2007, in the domestic courts. 25. Several high-profile cases of conflict-related human rights violations are currently pending in the national court system of Nepal. OHCHR Nepal has provided technical support to authorities investigating these cases and continues to monitor judicial developments. OHCHR Nepal has also been documenting and publicizing evidence of other violations, advocating for their investigation and requesting cooperation from relevant authorities. The Supreme Court of Nepal has taken steps towards combating impunity, ordering the police to file First Information Reports and conduct appropriate investigations into a number of conflict-related cases of serious human rights violations. In June 2007 the Court also ordered the Government to criminalize enforced disappearances and to undertake investigations and prosecutions of relevant cases. OHCHR Nepal continues to provide technical assistance with a view to strengthening the legal framework to support prosecutions, particularly through the criminalization of serious human rights violations. 26. The Human Rights Transitional Justice Section (HRTJS) of the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) is assisting the Office of the Prosecutor-General (OPG) to implement relevant recommendations of the United Nations Independent Special Commission of Inquiry in Timor-Leste, which investigated incidents that took place in April and May 2006. Thus far, 18 investigations have been opened by OPG. The Government, with the assistance of HRTJS UNMIT, has recruited an international prosecutor to assist OPG with these investigations. Two trials have been completed, three trials are currently under way, four cases have been archived and nine cases are under active investigation. (c) Latin America and the Caribbean 27. In Colombia, 3,637 of over 50,500 demobilized members of illegal armed groups have been processed under the Justice and Peace Law; 430 of the 3,637 remain actively engaged in the judicial process and over 20 have been partially indicted. As a result of revelations made by