; (B) national legislatures and their capacity to conduct oversight of executive branch functions; (C) reforms to, and strengthening of, political party and campaign finance laws and electoral tribunals; and (D) local governments and their capacity to provide critical safety, education, health, and sanitation services to citizens; and (4) to defend human rights by supporting— (A) human rights ombudsman offices; (B) government protection programs that provide physical protection and security to human rights defenders, journalists, trade unionists, whistleblowers, and civil society activists who are at risk; (C) civil society organizations that promote and defend human rights; and (D) civil society organizations that address sexual, gender-based, and domestic violence, and that protect victims of such violence. 1704. Combating criminal violence and improving citizen security The Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development are authorized— (1) to counter the violence and crime perpetrated by armed criminal gangs, illicit trafficking organizations, and human smuggling networks in Central America by providing assistance to civilian law enforcement, including support for— (A) the execution and management of complex, multi-actor criminal cases; (B) the enhancement of intelligence collection capacity, and training on civilian intelligence collection (including safeguards for privacy and basic civil liberties), investigative techniques, forensic analysis, and evidence preservation; (C) community policing policies and programs; (D) the enhancement of capacity to identify, investigate, and prosecute crimes involving sexual, gender-based, and domestic violence; and (E) port, airport, and border security officials, agencies and systems, including— (i) the professionalization of immigration personnel