A/HRC/14/44 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (b) Appropriate arrangements and safeguards should be put in place to combat illegal international adoption; (c) Use should be made of the recommendations contained in the report on the mission to Haiti of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery (A/HRC/12/21/Add.1) and in the independent expert’s June 2009 report (A/HRC/11/5); (d) The work of UNICEF and other specialized agencies should be given broad support. 94. With respect to persons with disabilities the independent expert recommends that: (a) The General Guidelines for the protection and inclusion of injured persons and people with disabilities issued by Handicap International should be publicized widely and used to better effect; (b) Particular attention should be given to the protection and security of persons with disabilities; (c) The local branches of the Office of the Ombudsman should be commissioned to investigate possible infringements of the rights of persons with disabilities. 95. Where migrants’ rights are concerned, the independent expert recommends that interception on the high seas followed by refoulement should be ended, that Haitians should not be expelled during the stabilization period, and that decent arrangements should be made for their interim protection on humanitarian grounds. 96. In the case of prisons the independent expert recommends that: (a) Simplified procedures should be introduced to deal with the offences of persons who are being held in pretrial detention or will be recaptured after escape, in order to keep the judicial system free to handle the most serious cases; (b) Persons held in open-air detention camps while awaiting trial should be protected from public view by permanent installations which ensure that their privacy and dignity are respected. 97. Where the justice system is concerned, the independent expert recommends that some strong signals should be sent out to show that the system is still functioning, despite the difficult conditions. B. Reconstruction 98. The independent expert stresses the importance to be accorded to human rights in the context of the reconstruction effort and recommends that: (a) Action should be taken to prevent the re-emergence of factors likely to perpetuate the inequalities and the poverty, and thus to reduce violations of human rights in the future; (b) The question of access to rights should occupy a prominent place in the agenda for Haiti’s reconstruction, in particular in the debate to be held on the reform 20 GE.10-13204 (EXT)

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