A/HRC/32/52 (CCPR/C/CIV/1). It has already adopted a national strategy for the implementation of the recommendations issued by United Nations human rights mechanisms (universal periodic review, treaty bodies and special procedures). 23. The Ministry of Human Rights and Civil Liberties could play a central role in that implementation effort within the executive branch while working in close collaboration with all the other ministries. It should strive to expedite the implementation process, while highlighting issues that call for urgent action and priorities. Another aspect of its work might be to conduct research and prepare the ground for the ratification of conventions or protocols that the country has not yet ratified (for example, the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty and the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment). 24. The Ministry could also provide valuable assistance in connection with preparations and advocacy for the enactment of legal instruments that are currently in the pipeline, including amendments to the Criminal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure, the implementing decree for Act No. 2014-388 of 20 June 2014 on the promotion and protection of human rights defenders and of the bill on witness protection. The Ministry could also take advantage of the forthcoming constitutional reform process to advocate the adoption of provisions that would strengthen the rule of law, democracy and the promotion of human rights. 25. The Ministry should not exercise any supervisory powers over the National Human Rights Commission of Côte d’Ivoire; its relations with that institution should focus on cooperation in the promotion of human rights in Côte d’Ivoire. The Independent Expert considers that the Ministry should work towards the reform of the National Human Rights Commission with a view to ensuring its greater autonomy, independence and compliance with the principles relating to the status of national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights (Paris Principles). It is also important to delineate the dividing line between the areas of competence of the Commission and the Ministry so that each body has the flexibility to operate under the best possible conditions for the promotion of human rights in the country, while allowing some leeway for necessary and useful collaboration. A request for the accreditation of the National Human Rights Commission of Côte d’Ivoire is being reviewed by the Subcommittee on Accreditation of the International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (ICC). Côte d’Ivoire may wish to draw on the recommendations of that body as it proceeds with the reform of the Commission. Lastly, the Ministry could usefully issue an informed opinion in the context of the broader debate concerning the forthcoming constitutional reform. B. Ministry of Solidarity, Social Cohesion and Victim Compensation 26. The structure of the new Ministry of Solidarity, Social Cohesion and Victim Compensation is also in the process of being determined. This Ministry will inherit all of the tasks that had been assigned to the National Programme for Social Cohesion (PNCS) and will continue the work of compensating victims that the Programme had been conducting in close partnership with the National Commission for Reconciliation and Compensation of Victims. 27. The Minister for Solidarity, Social Cohesion and Victim Compensation has already carried out two foreign missions for the purpose of encouraging refugees to return home. This direct intervention by a senior politician reflects the Government’s desire to promote the return of Ivorians living in neighbouring countries. The missions took place in Liberia (from 11 to 15 May 2016), where there are still 21,539 refugees, and in Ghana, which hosts 8 GE.16-10958