A/HRC/43/3/Add.3 29. In order to increase their effectiveness, prevention strategies – such as the Comprehensive Public Policy on Guarantees for Human Rights Defenders and the preventive aspects of the current concept for a human rights national action plan – should refocus on the broad, diverse and inclusive participatory processes they had originally envisaged. Furthermore, the authorities should focus on identifying and comprehensively addressing structural causes of violence that affect human rights defenders. IV. Access to justice and the fight against impunity A. Integrated System for Truth, Justice, Reparation and Non-recurrence 30. OHCHR observed progress in the implementation of the Integrated System for Truth, Justice, Reparation and Non-recurrence established under the peace agreement. Throughout 2019, the system extended its territorial reach through the establishment of 66 field presences, facilitating victims’ participation. 31. The mechanisms of the Integrated System made positive efforts to include an ethnic perspective in their work in order to guarantee prior, free and informed consent, in accordance with international norms and standards. Protocols on relations with indigenous peoples, and for coordination between the special indigenous jurisdiction and the Special Jurisdiction for Peace, were adopted. Furthermore, indigenous peoples had central roles in processes regarding the clarification of truth and the search for disappeared persons. 1. Special Jurisdiction for Peace 32. OHCHR welcomed the approval of the statute (ley estatutaria) on 6 June which provides the Special Jurisdiction for Peace with a firm legal standing. OHCHR provided technical advice to the Special Jurisdiction for Peace that ensure its procedures would comply with international human rights norms and standards, in particular on victims’ participation, protection of archives and restorative justice. Key advances were observed in relation to cases of gross human rights violations prioritized by the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (known as macro cases),20 for example the recovery of victims of alleged arbitrary deprivation of life and enforced disappearance buried in Dabeiba, Antioquia. OHCHR encourages the prioritization of additional macro cases, such as those involving sexual violence and enforced disappearance. 33. On 3 September, the Special Jurisdiction for Peace excluded seven former FARCEP commanders from its jurisdiction, owing to their non-compliance with prerequisites established in the peace agreement. The Office of the Attorney General has taken on and prioritized investigations into alleged crimes committed by these persons. 34. Threats and attacks against victims and their families, as well as against alleged perpetrators and their representatives involved in proceedings before the Special Jurisdiction for Peace, were reported to OHCHR. Guaranteeing the security of all concerned, particularly through comprehensive protection measures and by systematically and effectively investigating such threats and attacks, remains urgent. 2. Special Unit for the Search for Persons Deemed as Missing in the Context of the Armed Conflict 35. OHCHR recognizes the efforts of the Special Unit for the Search for Persons Deemed as Missing in the Context of the Armed Conflict to prioritize the participation of families. It commends the participation of victims, including those in exile, and of civil society organizations, LGBTI persons and organizations, ethnic groups and State institutions in the formulation of the National Search Plan. 36. The Special Unit and the National Institute of Forensic Medicine coordinated with each other to locate disappeared victims and address challenges in the identification and custody of unidentified bodies. OHCHR recognizes the collaboration of former members of 20 6 See https://www.jep.gov.co/Infografas/conozcalajep.pdf.