415 Maria Concepción Pérez Villalobos Military advisers for gender and for the protection of children in armed conflicts tary personnel in particular have a key role to play in the detection and reporting of violations of the rights of children, in the identification, liberation and disarmament of children recruited by military forces or armed groups, in the tracking of war criminals, and in providing a safe environment that will allow other players involved in the protection and rehabilitation of children to fulfil their roles. The exercise of this role, which entails contributing to the preparation, planning and conduct of military operations, also demands providing appropriate advice to the Force Commander and the Operation Headquarters that, following the lines of initiatives adopted in other areas such as the gender adviser, should be delivered by specially trained personnel. The fundamental responsibilities of the child protection adviser include: a) Advising the Force Commander on general provisions to do with the protection of children in armed conflict and on the specificities of the international mandate for the mission. b) Ensuring that the provisions are included in the unit’s work procedures and in the planning of each operation, and applying a global vision that covers all operative areas: intelligence, logistics, medical aid, civil-military cooperation, etc. c) Giving training or contributing to the preparation of training programmes on the protection of minors for military personnel to be deployed on peacekeeping or peacebuilding operations. Ensure continuity in training during the mission. d) Establishing and maintaining relations for information sharing and cooperation with other local and international actors who are carrying out child protection roles in the armed conflict zone. e) Establishing and maintaining contact with the parties to the conflict, working together with them on the drafting and application of action plans to ensure compliance with international mandates and agreements so as to end the systematic violation of the rights of children. f ) Monitoring and reporting the most serious violations, participating in the United Nations Monitoring and Reporting Mechanism. The participation of child protection advisers in the Monitoring and Reporting Mechanism, established by Resolution 1612 (2005) is of critical importance to guarantee the flow of information to the highest levels of the United Nations and for the general coordination of the child protection system40. The six grave violations of 40 The Monitoring and Reporting Mechanism is established in country-situations where parties to conflict have been listed in the annexes of the annual report of the Secretary General on children and armed conflict. In the past, only parties that recruit and use children were included in the annexes of the annual report. In 2009 and 2011, the Security Council decided to also list armed forces and
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