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B.
Recommendations
89.
In view of the situation described above, the Independent Expert recommends
that the Government take the following measures:
(a)
Investigate all serious incidents of violations of human rights and
international humanitarian law;
(b)
Continue and consolidate the restoration of State authority in the
different prefectures of the country through the deployment of security forces and
civilian officials, as well as the acceleration of the disarmament, demobilization,
reintegration and repatriation process and the security sector reform;
(c)
Accelerate the process of appointing the members of the Truth, Justice,
Reparation and Reconciliation Commission and adopt, as soon as possible, the other
measures to implement Act No. 20009 to ensure the effective operationalization of the
mechanism;
(d)
Continue and strengthen political dialogue with all actors within the
consultative framework, including political parties, armed groups and civil society
organizations, in particular youth and women’s organizations, to ensure the
implementation of the Peace Agreement and the laws relating to the electoral process;
(e)
Intensify subregional cooperation efforts and dialogue with
neighbouring countries to address common challenges, including those related to
livestock migration, security, including respect for the arms embargo, and
humanitarian issues;
(f)
detention;
Take robust measures to combat the militarization of places of
(g)
Continue efforts to ensure the protection of civilians and the restoration
of State authority throughout the national territory;
(h)
Ensure the effective operation of the National Gender Equality
Observatory, the High Council on Communication, the National Committee on the
Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, War Crimes, Crimes Against
Humanity and All Forms of Discrimination and the National Commission on Human
Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, and allocate adequate resources to the joint rapid
response unit to combat sexual violence against women and children;
(i)
Make a national priority the fight against conflict-related sexual and
gender-based violence and the support and rehabilitation of victims by appointing a
high representative or leading public figures to champion the cause in accordance
with the Government’s commitments;
(j)
Create the conditions necessary for the organization of free and
transparent elections in a peaceful climate and within the established constitutional
time frame;
(k)
Organize, in the near future, the national consultation recommended by
the Constitutional Court in opinion No. 015/CC/20 of 5 June 2020;
(l)
Take the practical measures necessary for the implementation of the
recommendations made in the context of the universal periodic review and by the
treaty bodies;
(m) Continue the reform of the security sector and the judiciary, and the
implementation of the transitional justice strategy, placing the rights and needs of
victims at its centre;
(n)
Take measures to implement the laws adopted at the two special sessions
of the National Assembly in February, and in June and July 2020;
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