A/HRC/18/48 85. As the number of recommendations made during the universal periodic review is quite large, the Government should consider grouping or prioritizing them into categories, on the basis of the time required to implement them (such as short-term, medium-term and longer-term). The recommendations should be quickly disseminated to the people for their views and suggestions; this will be useful to ensure their support for the process. At the same time, the establishment of a ministerial task force to review and agree on the categorization and road-mapping would be useful. 86. The Transitional Federal Government should establish appropriate mechanisms to communicate with the Somali people on a regular basis. This is essential to involve and motivate them in the affairs of the State, which in turn is essential for good governance, including obtaining their cooperation in many areas. To facilitate communication with the people, good use should be made of the sophisticated communications equipment reportedly received by UNPOS from New York to raise public awareness in the constitution-making debate. 87. An important confidence-building initiative of the Government should be the establishment of a national human rights commission, in compliance with Paris Principles, which has long been under consideration. Efforts must be made to consult with and seek help from Puntland and Somaliland authorities, who have acquired some experience in this regard. 88. The Government should strengthen policy measures relating to human rights in line with the road map of the universal periodic review, including the adoption of a human rights action plan, improvement of the administration of justice and ensuring human rights and international humanitarian law training for the security sector, including the judiciary and police and armed forces. 89. The Government should ratify the core human rights conventions, including the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, the Rome Statute and the Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the protocols thereto, to demonstrate its commitment to human rights in all aspects of life. 90. The Government should take advantage of the constitution-making process, which offers an important opportunity to strengthen human rights protection by enshrining fundamental rights as principles underpinning all provisions, including the creation of an environment conducive to free debate, dialogue and reconciliation. The Prime Minister must succeed in completing the process by August 2012, the date of the end of the transition period. It is critical that Somalia have a Constitution by broad consensus to open a new page of its history as a normal State. 91. The amnesty law that the Transitional Federal Government intends to table for adoption by the Parliament with regard to individuals who surrendered to Government and AMISOM forces, and other similar situations in the future, must be based on human rights and humanitarian law principles. As many of the deserters are reportedly minors, help from UNICEF would be useful. 92. The Government should consider appropriate measures to respond to the report by WHO that 43 per cent of the 933 weapon-related injuries reported by the three main Mogadishu hospitals in recent months were to children under five, compared to 3.5 per cent in April. The measures should be aimed at reducing or ending such occurrences in the shortest possible time. 17

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