A/HRC/39/72
XII. Recommendations
91.
In view of the foregoing, the Independent Expert makes the following
recommendations to the Federal Government:
(a)
Ensure the implementation of outstanding recommendations of the
Human Rights Council and any other United Nations mechanisms, including ILO
recommendations;
(b)
Finalize the operationalization of the National Human Rights
Commission and provide it with adequate resources;
(c)
Ensure that local resources are deployed for the implementation of the
Joint Human Rights Programme, to demonstrate ownership and attract funding from
partners;
(d)
Establish conditions to resolve long-standing disputes at the Federal and
State levels concerning territorial and boundary claims between different components
of Somalia;
(e)
Take concrete measures to amend the Media Law or adopt a new Media
Law and take into consideration stakeholders’ input when amending or adopting the
new Law; and guarantee the rights of journalists and the freedom of the media;
(f)
Desist from the harassment, intimidation or arbitrary arrest of
journalists, and ensure their protection against attack or assassination;
(g)
Accelerate the finalization process for Parliament to adopt the sexual
offences bill and ensure its assent expeditiously;
(h)
Mobilize local and external resources, including from the private sector,
for the sustainable implementation of the Durable Solutions Initiative for internally
displaced persons, the Somalia Drought Impact and Needs Assessment, and the
Resilience and Recovery Framework;
(i)
Establish lasting solutions for victims of floods, including relocation to
higher grounds;
(j)
Ensure the legal protection of victims of forced eviction, including legal
redress and remedies, and abide by the principles through which the Durable
Solutions Initiative operates, in particular the integrated approach principle;
(k)
Review urgently laws regulating land ownership and property rights, in
order to safeguard the rights of internally displaced persons against forced evictions;
(l)
Finalize and submit its report to the Committee of the Rights of the
Child;
(m) Enhance the protection of children against abduction by Al-Shabaab and
establish rehabilitation centres for children recaptured from Al-Shabaab, and
increase support to the centres operated by civil society organizations;
(n)
Accede to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities and adopt legislation on the protection of persons with disabilities in
Somalia;
(o)
Accede to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination Against Women;
(p)
Accede to the Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights, which prohibits the involvement of children in armed conflict;
(q)
Ratify the Kampala Convention;
(r)
Accede to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and
other core human rights instruments to which it has yet to accede.
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