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Rights, adopted by the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, concerning the
right to redress for victims of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment or
treatment (art. 5);
i)
detention;
j)
Establish a compensation fund for victims of arbitrary and unlawful
Reform the security sector by:
i) Ensuring that outsiders are not involved in defence or security
activities;
ii) Clearly defining the roles of the various defence and security forces,
in particular the National Intelligence Service;
iii) Suspending members of the defence and security forces who are
suspected of involvement in human rights violations until the relevant
investigations and judicial proceedings have concluded;
iv) Establishing rigorous and transparent selection procedures that
include vetting mechanisms;
v) Strengthening democratic civilian control over the defence and
security forces, in particular the National Intelligence Service.
(k)
Meet its international obligations to respect, protect and fulfil economic and social
rights by:
i) Developing and implementing State budgets in such a way as to
maximize the use of available resources to ensure that the human rights of the
sectors impoverished by the political crisis are respected, in particular the
rights to food, water and health care, and to develop indicators disaggregated
by factors such as gender in order to better inform its policies;
ii) In consultation with population groups working in the agricultural
sector, including women, undertaking reforms with the aim of better
protecting women’s rights and making better use of land for agriculture, and
developing employment opportunities outside the agricultural sector;
iii) Taking a rights-based approach to the settlement of land conflicts,
including those involving persons who fled Burundi either before or after
2015;
iv) Ending the inclusion of any political considerations in hiring
processes for the civil service, State enterprises and public-private
enterprises.
108. The Commission recommends that political parties and armed opposition groups
refrain from engaging in any attacks on Burundian territory and from any speech calling for
violence, and that they join the effort to find a lasting solution to the political crisis.
109. The Commission recommends that the African Union, in its efforts to find a lasting
solution to the crisis in Burundi, give priority to respect for human rights and the rejection
of impunity, as provided for in its Constitutive Act.
110.
The Commission recommends that the technical and financial partners of Burundi:
a)
Suspend, or maintain the suspension of, any direct budget support to the
Government until such time as priority is given to the allocation of domestic resources for
the fulfilment of the Sustainable Development Goals and the economic and social rights of
the population, and effective measures are taken against corruption;
b)
Ensure that grants and financing provided to the Government are earmarked
for projects to meet the population’s needs, and ensure that such funding is managed
effectively and transparently;
c)
Burundi.
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Regularly evaluate the impact of financial sanctions on the people of
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