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actively its efforts together with civil society organizations and the international community
to end impunity for the perpetrators of serious human rights violations and abuses, including
sexual and gender-based violence, and violations of international humanitarian law,
particularly in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in Kasai
Province, and to ensure that victims of such violations, abuses and related crimes receive
adequate reparations, and declares that it will follow with interest the regulatory initiatives
that are being prepared in this regard;
23.
Encourages the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to
implement all decisions of the treaty bodies and those of the African Commission on Human
and Peoples’ Rights in order to protect and improve the human rights situation in the country;
24.
Also encourages the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to
ensure the dignity of detained and convicted persons by providing them with an environment
conducive to their rehabilitation, with a view to their proper reintegration into society;
25.
Welcomes the cooperation between the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Human Rights
Council, the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office of the United Nations Organization
Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the team of international
experts on the situation in Kasai;
26.
Encourages the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to
improve its cooperation with the special procedures mandate holders by replying to their visit
requests;
27.
Also encourages the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to
maintain and step up its efforts to continue the reform of the security sector, notably with
regard to capacity-building for its members in the areas of human rights and international
humanitarian law, and to reform and strengthen its penitentiary system;
28.
Further encourages the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
to take appropriate measures to ensure the smooth functioning of all agencies responsible for
monitoring respect for human rights, including the Human Rights Liaison Unit, the National
Human Rights Commission, the Interministerial Committee on Human Rights, the National
Commission for the Universal Periodic Review and the unit for the protection of human rights
defenders;
29.
Calls upon the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to
continue to implement in full the recommendations made by the team of international experts
on the situation in Kasai in its report,3 in collaboration with the team members, in particular
those recommendations aimed at combating impunity, with a view to bringing all those
responsible for human rights violations and abuses to justice and promoting reconciliation;
30.
Expresses its appreciation of the public commitment of the Democratic
Republic of the Congo to promoting justice and reconciliation in Kasai, and encourages the
Government to continue its efforts to give effect to this commitment, especially in the areas
of investigation and prosecution, the elimination of violence against women, including sexual
and gender-based violence, reconciliation between communities and the disarmament and
demobilization of militias;
31.
Welcomes the work of the team of international experts on the situation in
Kasai and the technical assistance provided by the Office of the High Commissioner to the
judicial authorities of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, particularly in the field of
forensic expertise;
32.
Also welcomes the establishment of an interministerial working group
responsible for monitoring the implementation of the recommendations of the team of
international experts on the situation in Kasai, and encourages the Government of the
Democratic Republic of the Congo to ensure that the working group meets as many times as
necessary in order to assess regularly the progress made in implementing the
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