A/HRC/RES/45/34 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 3 GE.20-13365 A/HRC/45/50. 5