A/HRC/14/44 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ of the State, in order to ensure that the administration of the State and the local authorities facilitates equal access to rights for the citizens of Haiti; (c) The Haitians themselves should have a leading role in the reconstruction process; if the assistance of the international community is necessary, the needs and aspirations of the Haitian people should be the first consideration; (d) An effort should be made to establish the rule of law to safeguard both civil and political and economic and social rights; (e) The reconstruction should facilitate the restoration of a sustainable environment within the framework of more decentralized development to protect the people against natural hazards; (f) The reconstruction must be equitable, establishing in particular equality between the richest and the less prosperous regions, with the aim of creating a fairer society; (g) The system for the protection of rights and freedoms (justice, administrative justice, police, Ombudsman’s Office) should be reinforced; (h) Increased attention should be given to the needs of internally displaced persons on the basis of the general framework of the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement and the recommendations contained in the report of the Representative of the Secretary-General on the rights of internally displaced persons entitled “Protection of internally displaced persons in situations of natural disasters” (A/HRC/10/13/Add.1); (i) Particular attention should be given to the most vulnerable groups: women, children, persons with disabilities; (j) Civil society organizations, in particular those representing women, peasants and vulnerable groups, should be involved systematically in the reconstruction effort; (k) Steps should be taken to facilitate the full participation of women, in particularly representatives of Haiti’s women’s organizations, in all phases of the reconstruction work; (l) The reconstruction plans and budgets should include gender-specific analyses of and concrete gender-equality targets; (m) Efforts should be made to ensure that the reconstruction does not reinforce arrangements perpetuating the inequality between men and women; (n) Labour-intensive reconstruction programmes should not be based solely in the economic sectors traditionally occupied by men. C. Reforms to be carried out 99. With regard to the police the independent expert recommends that: (a) The number of police officers should be increased, with the inclusion of female personnel; GE.10-13204 (EXT) 21