A/HRC/25/44 53. OHCHR Guinea has provided technical and financial support to the Ministry of Social Action, the Advancement of Women and Children’s Affairs with the drafting of initial reports on the implementation of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography. V. Conclusions and recommendations 54. During the reporting period, the Government continued its efforts to reform the security sector and adopted, following a participatory process, the national security policy, as well as sectoral policies (police, army, judiciary, customs and forestry officials). The Government initiated reform of the judicial sector but that reform is not yet operational. Although transitional justice mechanisms have not yet been set up, a consultations project on national reconciliation has been developed with the support of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and it is expected to be implemented in 2014. The measures taken by the Government, in particular the provision of better food in prisons and the building or renovation of certain prisons and infrastructure for the judiciary, the police and the gendarmerie, have made it possible to improve conditions of detention. In the framework of the legislative elections, the public demonstrations organized by the opposition during the preparatory phase resulted in violence that caused many victims and important material damage. The Government has established commissions to investigate the causes of the violence. The legislative elections, awaited since 2010, passed off relatively peacefully with a high turnout but were marred by organizational problems and irregularities, which had an impact on the enjoyment of fundamental rights and public freedoms, in particular on the right to vote and the right to participate in public life. 55. Despite certain progress, there are still many challenges to be taken up. There has been little improvement in the fight against impunity since the High Commissioner’s last report. The investigations into the events of 28 September 2009 and the incidents in Zogota in August 2012 have made little progress. Although the Government of Guinea declared 2013 the “Year of Justice”, reform of the judicial system has not made significant progress. The fact that the human, financial and material resources made available to the judiciary remain extremely limited and the failure to adopt decrees enabling the implementation of the legislation governing the judiciary and establishing the Supreme Council of Justice constitute serious barriers to the independence of the judiciary. Deficiencies in the functioning of the judicial system have aggravated the crisis of confidence in the justice system. Furthermore, conditions of detention remain very poor throughout the country and require sustained efforts on the part of the authorities. 56. Widespread violence against women and girls is a real cause for concern, as are the inter-communal clashes that occurred in Guinée Forestière in July 2013, which caused heavy loss of life, many injuries, the displacement of people and considerable material damage. The establishment of a panel of judges to investigate these incidents is a positive move but no progress has been made on account of the electoral context. A. Recommendations addressed to the Government of Guinea 57. The Government of Guinea should take the necessary measures to: (a) Step up efforts to combat impunity, in particular through the effective prosecution of the alleged perpetrators of human rights violations involved in the events of 28 September 2009, in the incidents in Zogota in August 2012, in the intercommunal violence from 15 to 18 July 2013 and in the many cases of torture pending before the courts; GE.14-10910 13