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Timor-Leste and the United States. A campaign video that was launched in May and
showcases the diversity of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people and their
contributions to the community, was watched by almost 10 million people online. In
Mexico City, the subway system broadcast the campaign for five months on a line used
daily by about 400, 000 passengers.
46.
In September, OHCHR hosted an expert meeting in Geneva to discuss the specific
human rights challenges faced by intersex people — including unnecessary and involuntary
surgery and other medical treatments, as well as lack of access to justice and discriminatory
practices in education, employment and sport. OHCHR also released a Free and Equal
campaign factsheet on human rights and intersex persons, available online.
7.
Discrimination against persons with albinism
47.
OHCHR held an exhibition entitled “Blanc ebène — White ebony” in March and
launched a special website in May (www.albinism.ohchr.org).
48.
Further to OHCHR advocacy, national strategies to combat violence and
discrimination against persons with albinism were developed in Malawi and the United
Republic of Tanzania. In Malawi, OHCHR supported the Ministry of Justice with a view to
bringing perpetrators of attacks against persons with albinism to justice. In the United
Republic of Tanzania, the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture supported
organizations providing direct assistance to survivors of attacks and their relatives.
C.
Combating impunity and strengthening accountability and the rule
of law
1.
Transitional justice
49.
In February, OHCHR published Rule of Law Tools for Post-Conflict States,5 in
which good practices relating to the management of records and archives in the context of
the right to truth were identified. OHCHR sought to strengthen national capacity for the
investigation and prosecution of serious human rights violations, for example in Cambodia,
Colombia and Guatemala. Together with the United Nations Organization Stabilization
Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the United Nations Entity for Gender
Equality and the Empowerment of Women and the Special Representative of the SecretaryGeneral on Sexual Violence in Conflict, OHCHR prepared a submission (amicus brief) on
reparations in relation to the case The Prosecutor v. Germain Katanga before the
International Criminal Court.6
50.
OHCHR continued to provide technical advice in relation to transitional justice
mechanisms and related national dialogues. For instance, in the Central African Republic, it
provided legal advice on the creation of a hybrid special criminal court to deal with serious
human rights violations committed since 2003 and, in September 2015, co-organized with
the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central
African Republic and local authorities an international seminar on the fight against
impunity.7 In Mali, South Sudan and the Sudan (Darfur), OHCHR provided advice on
possible accountability and transitional justice arrangements foreseen by peace agreements.
OHCHR continued to support the Extraordinary African Chambers in the Senegalese
Courts and monitored the trial of Hissène Habré.
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7
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See www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/HR_PUB_14_4_Archives_en.pdf.
See www.icc-cpi.int/iccdocs/doc/doc1977022.pdf.
See www.ohchr.org/en/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=16372&LangID=E.
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