A/HRC/25/43 79. In order to help the Central African Republic prepare the reports it is required to submit under its international obligations, it would be useful to make provision for Ministry of Human Rights staff to attend training seminars on the subject. 80. During the universal periodic review in 2009, the Government, at the time under the Bozizé regime, gave a unilateral undertaking to revive the National Human Rights Commission.26 By the time of the 2013 universal periodic review, the draft bill making the commission operative had still not been passed into law. OHCHR should approach the competent authorities again, through the BINUCA Human Rights and Justice Section, in order to rectify the situation. 2. Civil society stakeholders 81. Human rights NGOs require capacity-building on the technical front (i.e., investigations, submission of reports, lobbying and the protection of human rights) and the organizational front (i.e., NGO management, presentation of projects and fundraising). Civil society actors should also be trained to play a role in following up recommendations made at the universal periodic review and in the preparation of the national reports that the Central African Republic is required to submit in compliance with its international obligations. 82. Given that presidential and national elections are due to take place in February 2015, the Human Rights and Justice Section of BINUCA should, in the first instance, assist the National Human Rights Commission or, in its stead, the Ministry of Human Rights, to run a campaign to raise public awareness of people’s voting rights and encourage women and people from marginalized groups to vote. The Section could then help the Commission or the Ministry of Human Rights to recruit and train human rights monitors for the elections. These steps should be taken in the course of 2014. 83. Moreover, the Section should plan to train those members of the security forces who will be assigned to maintain security during the election process. V. Conclusions and recommendations 84. The Government is still unable to guarantee security and ensure access to justice in many parts of the country, and earlier progress was wiped out in the seizure of power by the former Séléka. Lack of security and impunity remain two major problems that should be dealt with as soon as possible in order to re-establish the rule of law. Moreover, the Central African Republic is now in the grip of sectarian violence whose long-term effects are difficult to predict. All actors and stakeholders must endeavour to find solutions to this crisis. In light of the foregoing, the High Commissioner recommends the following to the transitional authorities, the international community and BINUCA. A. Recommendations to the transitional authorities 85. The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights recommends that the transitional authorities: 26 14 The National Human Rights Commission, which was established under Act No. 91.009 of 25 September 1991, as amended by Act No. 96.003 of 10 January 1996, has never been operational. GE.14-11122