A/HRC/11/5 extended and its operational capacity strengthened by the creation of the post of Deputy Ombudsman (A/HRC/4/3, para. 76). In the new arrangement, the Ombudsman would be more particularly responsible for supervision of the mandate of the Office, relations with the national authorities and international relations, while the Deputy Ombudsman would have a dual protection and promotion role, on the one hand undertaking the supervision and coordination of investigations conducted by his team and its regional bureaux in the field and, on the other, providing human rights training, in particular in cooperation with the University and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). 32. The independent expert recommends that the provision of support to the Office of the Ombudsman in the development of its mandate and the organization of its work at the national and regional levels form the subject of discussions with the involvement of national stakeholders in Haiti and also the OHCHR National Institutions Unit and the network of the International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, whose expertise in this area is recognized. 2. Police reform 33. Haitian National Police reform plan: Assistance in the reform of the Haitian National Police (PNH) has been at the centre of the missions entrusted to MINUSTAH and regularly referred to in the resolutions in which the Security Council has extended its mandate each year. That process is in the hands of the Haitian National Police, which receives advice from MINUSTAH and from the United Nations Police (UNPOL) in successfully carrying out the work. Also, the Secretary-General of the United Nations has conferred on the High Commissioner for Human Rights the lead role 4 in the vetting process in general, with the assistance of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. 34. The reform plan adopted by the Haitian Government and negotiated with MINUSTAH is very ambitious but geared to meeting the challenges to enable Haiti to ensure its security in all areas. The strategy is aimed primarily at doubling police strength by 2011 to provide 14,000 well trained and instructed officers. The independent expert nevertheless had the feeling that the constraints of recruitment and training over a very short period might mean that, in the attainment of a quantity target, the quality targets are only partly met, at the risk of jeopardizing the objective of restoring the public’s confidence in its national police force. 35. It has to be acknowledged that the relationship between the population and the Haitian National Police is still characterized by suspicion, accusations of brutality, human rights violations and complicity with criminal and corrupt elements. The weekly reports by the MINUSTAH Human Rights Section refer to allegations of brutality, violence and rape by uniformed officers. 36. The reform plan is at the same time aimed at bringing about the necessary and urgent strengthening of the General Inspectorate of the National Police and the Central Directorate of the Criminal Police. In this connection, the independent expert recommends that greater attention be paid to certification of the members of __________________ 4 10 Policy Committee Meeting Decision No. 2006/47 (7 November 2006) on the rule of law.