A/HRC/37/17 121. Accede to the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, and designate the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka as the national preventive and monitoring mechanism to fulfil obligations under the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. 122. Review and repeal the Prevention of Terrorism Act, and replace it with new counterterrorism legislation compliant with international human rights standards. 123. Increase the number of, and strengthen, the women’s and children’s desks of the Children’s and Women’s Bureau of the Sri Lanka Police to ensure a gender-responsive justice system. 124. Enforce legislation guaranteeing women’s political representation at the provincial and local authority levels. 125. Ensure, and strengthen, respect for the fundamental rights of all persons, including those from the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer community, and address concerns raised in that regard. 126. Formulate a comprehensive reparations policy to guide the granting of reparations to persons affected by the armed conflict, including internally displaced persons. 127. Ensure that all security forces personnel to be deployed in overseas peacekeeping missions are adequately vetted through a comprehensive process with the participation of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka. 128. Fulfil commitments contained in Human Rights Council resolution 30/1 towards the operationalization of the Office on Missing Persons, and the establishment of a truthseeking commission, an office for reparations, and a judicial mechanism with a special counsel. 129. Work towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goal of alleviating poverty through national-level initiatives including the Gramashakthi People’s Movement. 130. Take measures to incorporate the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities into domestic law. 24

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