A/HRC/11/5 society, is still rife at all levels. The independent expert notes that the fight against corruption is part of the action plans of the Ministry of Justice and Public Safety and that an implementation evaluation would undoubtedly be a major step forward. Successive speeches by President Préval since 2007 appear to have sent out a clear and renewed signal of the political commitment to making the fight against corruption a strategic objective but implementation seems to be slow. 27. Implementation action should involve, inter alia, institution building in order to strengthen police and judicial investigation capacities in the areas of international crime, corruption and political offences, as well as the allocation of adequate human and financial resources to the Anti-Corruption Unit (ULCC) and to the Central Financial Intelligence Unit (UCREF). Also, the establishment of an effective forensic department equipped with biological and ballistic facilities and the strengthening of forensic medical services would greatly facilitate the search for evidence during judicial investigations. 28. With regard to case handling, the independent expert wishes to point out that the early establishment of specialized chambers to deal with certain serious political offences and economic and financial crimes would undoubtedly be one way of effectively tackling corruption. The tasks of such a specialist structure formed of judges supported by qualified and competent investigators would be to handle crimes of kidnapping and aggravated abduction, serious political offences and other serious human rights violations. It would also be responsible for dealing with crimes frequently involving transborder activity, in particular economic and financial crimes such as drug trafficking, concealment of assets and money-laundering. In 2008, an agreement was apparently reached between the Government and the judicial authorities to set up these specialized chambers at the lower court of Port-au-Prince, one to handle serious politically motivated offences and the other to deal with economic and financial crimes. 29. The independent expert wishes again to draw the attention of the Government and the international community to the fact that the complexity of the cases and the importance of quality investment in their study would warrant the provision of assistance, experience and technical skills by experts from abroad to Haitian justice practitioners in the form of short missions, without infringing the independence of Haitian judges. 30. Office of the Ombudsman: Article 207 of the 1987 Constitution established the Office of the Ombudsman (OPC) with the aim of protecting all persons against any form of abuse by the public administration. Chosen by consensus by the President of the Republic, the President of the Senate and the President of the Chamber of Deputies, the Ombudsman is appointed for a non-renewable term of seven years. The independent expert commends the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) for its support in the drafting of the legislative bill revising the functions of the Office of the Ombudsman to bring it into line with the Paris Principles and recommends that the bill be adopted by Parliament and that the Office be allocated an adequate budget to allow, in particular, the setting up of regional bureaux that will put the institution in closer contact with its beneficiaries. 31. In his reports, the previous independent expert had urged, primarily in anticipation of the departure of MINUSTAH, that the mandate of the Office be 9