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. 19

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