A/HRC/28/27 recommendations from those studies were prepared, which were translated into Russian, Kyrgyz, Uzbek and Ukrainian, and were also made available in the various state, official and minority languages as well as in English. The fact sheets seek to make the key findings accessible to a broader audience and to strengthen advocacy at the regional level. 23. OHCHR issued two one-page fact sheets entitled “Addressing forced evictions of Roma” and “The inclusion of religious minorities in consultative and decision-making bodies”. These are distributed to civil society and to State authorities during consultations and other events with a view to raising awareness on what can be done to strengthen protection of minority rights in specific areas. C. Strengthening the capacity of United Nations country teams 24. In line with the guidance note, OHCHR held a training course on minority rights for the United Nations country team in Pakistan on 6 and 7 May 2014, which brought together participants from several United Nations agencies and programmes. A briefing, on minority rights and the guidance note, was organized for senior staff. In addition, a session was added to the course for senior staff of UN-Women Pakistan, which focused on the role of the United Nations system in ensuring that its strategies and actions take into consideration the special situation of minority women, including in terms of criminal justice responses to harmful traditional practices and violence against women. Participants stressed that effective United Nations action required continuous dialogue with a diverse representation of minority women, including with a view to ensuring their contributions to the design and implementation of United Nations action. 25. On 1 December 2014, OHCHR convened a training session in Tunis on racial discrimination and the protection of minorities. Organized pursuant to the guiding principles and recommendations established under the guidance note, the training session brought together participants from several United Nations agencies and programmes to strengthen the capacity of the United Nations country team by looking at antidiscrimination and protection of minorities at the national and regional levels. 26. OHCHR provided programmatic and advisory services support to United Nations field presences. For example, it conducted a human rights assessment fact-finding mission to the Sandžak/Raška region in Serbia, and drafted for the United Nations country team a human rights profile for one of the most remote and economically disadvantaged regions of the country in which minorities reside compactly. The human rights assessment identified implementation gaps and highlighted the role that national stakeholders, non-national stakeholders and the United Nations system as a whole could play in filling the gaps in addressing the rights of minority communities. It has also pointed to appropriate entry points for programmatic interventions to help define strategies for better protection of human rights and minority rights in the region. D. Forum on Minority Issues 27. The Forum on Minority Issues, established by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 6/15, and renewed in resolution 19/23 of 23 March 2012, provides an annual platform for dialogue and cooperation on issues pertaining to persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities. The annual session of the Forum is prepared under the guidance of the Special Rapporteur on minority issues. The Forum’s seventh session was held on 25 and 26 November 2014; its topic was “Preventing and addressing violence and atrocity crimes targeted against minorities”, and it aimed to increase awareness of the obligations of States under international law to protect minorities against 7

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