A/HRC/37/3 41. OHCHR contributed to seeking accountability for human rights violations and reconciliation. Together with the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Central African Republic, it finalized a mapping report documenting serious violations of human rights and humanitarian law committed in the Central African Republic between 2003 and 2015, providing a factual basis for transitional justice processes. In El Salvador, it trained a unit established by the Attorney General to conduct investigations into human rights violations perpetrated during the civil war. In Guatemala, the Office supported civil society and victims in the Zepur Sarco trial, which resulted in the conviction of military officials for sexual exploitation of indigenous women, and provided advice on the implementation of reparations. It assisted the establishment of specialized chambers in Tunisia to adjudicate cases of gross violations of human rights, and continued to assist civil society to monitor the transitional process and advocate for victims’ rights. In follow-up to Human Rights Council resolutions on promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka, OHCHR supported the Government’s efforts to archive materials from the national consultations, and initiated consultations on reparations for victims of conflict-related sexual violence. 42. In Kosovo,5 OHCHR worked closely with the International Committee of the Red Cross and authorities in Pristina and Belgrade to clarify the fate of 1,658 persons who went missing during the 1998-2000 conflict. In that context, OHCHR supported the establishment, in March 2017, of the first multiethnic resource centre on missing persons. 2. Death penalty 43. In May 2017, the Office organized an expert group meeting in Geneva on the linkages between the application of the death penalty and the right to equality and nondiscrimination, and in October 2017, a high-level event at United Nations Headquarters on transparency and the death penalty. It advised and advocated with States that have retained the death penalty, notably for the establishment of a moratorium pursuant to General Assembly resolution 67/176 and the implementation of international standards guaranteeing the protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty, including in Belarus, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Malaysia, Mauritania, Pakistan, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, the United States of America and Palestine. OHCHR engaged with the Government of Maldives to urge retention of the long-standing de facto moratorium on the death penalty. It also supported the United Nations Resident Coordinators Office for Barbados and the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States in hosting a seminar in September 2017 on attitudes towards the death penalty in the Caribbean. 3. Counter-terrorism and prevention of violent extremism 44. Working with the Office of Counter Terrorism, and as Chair of the Working Group on Promoting and Protecting Human Rights and the Rule of Law while Countering Terrorism of the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force, OHCHR moved forward with the delivery of a global human rights capacity-building project for law enforcement. Furthermore, as part of its engagement with the Task Force, it presented commissioned research on the integration of gender and women’s rights perspectives into programmes on preventing and countering violent extremism. 45. OHCHR undertook a regional study on human rights and the challenges of preventing violent extremism, with reference to Burkina Faso, Mali, the Niger and Senegal, recommending that basic economic and social needs be addressed and that governance in marginalized areas be improved. It participated in capacity-building initiatives, including in a joint project with UNODC for officials and civil society representatives in countries in the Lake Chad Basin. It also collaborated with UNODC in East Africa in the development of training modules on the gender dimensions of criminal justice responses to counter terrorism and to train staff of the Permanent Secretariat of the Group of Five for the Sahel to ensure respect for human rights in counter-terrorism-related projects. 5 8 All references to Kosovo in the present document should be understood in full compliance with Security Council resolution 1244 (1999) and without prejudice to the status of Kosovo.