A/HRC/RES/27/19 9. Calls upon the Government to release persons arbitrarily detained and to end any practice of unlawful detention of persons, and recalls Cabinet decision No. 180 (2012) to release all those imprisoned for their participation in the events of 2011; 10. Welcomes the measures of the Government of Yemen to end the recruitment and use of children, and looks forward to the implementation of those measures, including the action plan signed with the United Nations in May 2014, without further delay; 11. Demands that armed groups end the recruitment and use of children and release those who have already been recruited, and calls upon all parties to cooperate with the United Nations and other qualified groups for their reintegration into their communities, taking into consideration the relevant recommendations made by the Secretary-General in his report on children and armed conflict;2 12. Calls upon the Government of Yemen to investigate cases of violence against journalists and review cases of detention of journalists, in accordance with its international obligations to respect the freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association; 13. Notes with appreciation the considerable representation of women in the National Dialogue Conference, welcomes the recommendations on women’s rights made in the outcome document of the National Dialogue Conference, and encourages the Government of Yemen to ensure that the 30 per cent quota for women in its governmental bodies recommended by the National Dialogue Conference is met and that women are able to participate in public life, free of discrimination and intimidation, including through the drafting process of the Constitution; 14. Calls upon the Government of Yemen to uphold the rights of all nonnationals, including by becoming party to the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, by enacting an anti-trafficking law that is in accordance with international standards, by ensuring that law enforcement agencies actively investigate and prosecute perpetrators of crimes against migrants and refugees, and by ensuring protection of trafficking victims; 15. Welcomes the establishment of a Yemeni business and human rights forum in 2014; 16. Encourages the Government of Yemen to continue to implement the accepted recommendations contained in the reports of the High Commissioner3 with the support of her Office, and calls upon the Government to address the recommendations contained in the report of the High Commissioner submitted to the Human Rights Council at its twenty-seventh session;1 17. Reiterates the commitments and obligations of the Government of Yemen to promote and protect the human rights of all individuals within its territory and subject to its jurisdiction, and in that connection recalls that Yemen is a party to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Optional Protocols on the involvement of children in armed conflict and on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography thereto, and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; 2 3 A/67/845-S/2013/245 and A/68/267. A/HRC/18/21, A/HRC/19/51, A/HRC/21/37 and A/HRC/24/34. 3

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