A/HRC/42/29 Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau, OHCHR provided technical advice to national authorities for the mainstreaming of human rights into strategic planning processes and plans, promoting the State’s right and duty to formulate appropriate national development policies.20 This included advice on the strategic and operational plan Terra Ranka, provided in the context of a broader process led by the United Nations Development Programme to assist national authorities in aligning the plan with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want, the SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway, and the New Deal for Engagement in Fragile States. In August and September 2018, OHCHR held in Bissau, in partnership with the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, two training workshops: on human rights indicators and on a human rights-based approach to data. The workshops resulted in the improvement of national authorities’ capacity for prioritizing the elimination of discrimination and the reduction of inequalities, using disaggregated data to identify the most vulnerable with a view to upholding the principle of leaving no one behind. 23. In April 2019, the human rights component of the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti supported the organization of 19 activities around the country, through which 137 members of civil society organizations met with 110 local authorities to follow up on the recommendations addressed to public authorities on human rights and development, which had been issued in workshops held between 2009 and 2014. This initiative created a space for dialogue and local partnerships towards better participation of the population in local development. In particular, it gave civil society the opportunity to address the challenges of public institutions characterized by scarce resources and a national decentralization process. 24. In Colombia, OHCHR advised women’s organizations in rural areas, contributing to their ability to claim their human rights in peacebuilding and development processes. The Office provided advice and promoted the rights of indigenous peoples and Colombians of African descent regarding free, prior and informed consultations and consent, and other forms of active, free and meaningful participation in development, health and land policies. It also promoted the right to participation and access to justice in environmental matters and the protection of other human rights that may be affected by environmental damage. The Office provided training in the areas of the 2030 Agenda and the right to a healthy environment. In addition, OHCHR-Colombia organized training activities on corruption and human rights in partnership with civil society organizations and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. Experts and senior State officials, including the VicePresident of Colombia, attended the events. The activities highlighted the impact of corruption on civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, as well as on the right to development. D. Inter-agency coordination within the United Nations system and with other international organizations 25. OHCHR further disseminated its publications on the right to development among different United Nations entities, including the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the library of the International Court of Justice. Following these activities, the right to development has been duly considered in at least one separate opinion of a judge of the International Court of Justice.21 26. In May/June 2018, OHCHR held, in partnership with the Economic Commission for Africa and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, the conference entitled “Digital trade in Africa: implications for inclusion and human rights” in Addis Ababa. In October 2018, the same partnership organized side events to the World Trade Organization’s Public Forum. On the basis of those events, the partners edited a publication on digital trade and human rights, 20 21 6 Ibid., art. 2 (3). Advisory Opinion, Legal Consequences of the Separation of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius in 1965, 25 February 2019, separate opinion of Judge Cançado Trindade, paras. 77–86 and 264–269.

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