A/HRC/RES/27/19 18. Looks forward to the Government continuing its efforts to promote and protect human rights; 19. Welcomes the establishment of a national committee for the preparation of a national human rights strategy, and encourages the Government of Yemen to ensure the development of a national human rights action plan in accordance with the pertinent Handbook on National Human Rights Plans of Action produced by the Office of the High Commissioner; 20. Stresses that the work of the Panel of Experts established by the Security Council in its resolution 2140 (2014) is important in relation to the improvement in the human rights situation and plays an important role in the improvement in accountability for violations and abuses of human rights in Yemen; 21. Calls upon the Government of Yemen to ensure, in the framework of scrupulous respect for due process-related rights, fair trial guarantees, including in cases involving the death penalty, and to continue to ensure that the death penalty is not applied to minors, in conformity with commitments undertaken by the Government, including during its universal periodic review in 2009, and in conformity with the outcome document of the National Dialogue Conference, and notes in that connection the work of the Specialized Forensic Technical Committee and the accelerated efforts of the Government to improve birth registration with international assistance; 22. Welcomes the recommendation of the National Dialogue Conference calling for the establishment of a minimal age for marriage and the criminalization of early, forced marriages, also welcomes the efforts by the Government of Yemen to promote and protect the rights of children, and calls upon the Government to ensure the early adoption of the Child Rights Bill and rapid progress in putting in place appropriate legislative, administrative, social and educational measures to eliminate the occurrence of child, early and forced marriages; 23. Invites all bodies of the United Nations system, including the Office of the High Commissioner, and Member States to assist the transitional process in Yemen, including by supporting the mobilization of resources to tackle the economic and social challenges faced by Yemen, in coordination with the international donor community and according to the priorities set by the Yemeni authorities; 24. Calls upon the international community to provide financial support for the Yemen humanitarian response plan for 2014; 25. Requests the High Commissioner to provide technical assistance and to work with the Government of Yemen, as needed, to identify additional areas of assistance to enable Yemen to fulfil its human rights obligations; 26. Requests the Office of the High Commissioner to present to the Human Rights Council, at its thirtieth session, a progress report on the situation of human rights in Yemen and on the follow-up to the present resolution and Council resolutions 18/19, 19/29, 21/22 and 24/32. 39th meeting 25 September 2014 [Adopted without a vote.] 4