A/HRC/17/41 (c) The Government should take all appropriate measures to ensure that individuals and households who could be potentially affected by the Master Plans of Osh and Jalal-Abad be given access to information on the proposed plans well in advance, as well as due time to become acquainted with the information, and that they be able to seek and receive legal and other advice and to undertake measures to renegotiate or challenge the proposed plans; (d) The Government should ensure that evictions occur only in exceptional circumstances and require full justification. Evictions must be authorized by law, be carried out in accordance with international human rights law, be undertaken solely for the purpose of promoting the general welfare, be reasonable and proportional, and be regulated so as to ensure full and fair compensation and rehabilitation. 81. On gender-based issues: (a) The authorities in Kyrgyzstan should take all measures to bring to justice perpetrators of gender-based violence, including in the context of the violence that took place in the south in June 2010, in trials that meet international standards for fair trial; (b) As per various universal periodic review recommendations, in particular 76.91, supported by Kyrgyzstan, and as a matter of urgency, the Government should take steps to ensure greater inclusion, participation and representation of civil society, especially women’s organizations, in the peacebuilding and reconciliation efforts; (c) The authorities in Kyrgyzstan should provide sufficient resources to ensure that victims of gender-based violence have access to adequate medical and psychological care. 82. On minority rights: (a) Utmost attention should be paid to building trust and confidence among communities throughout the country and to ensure the prevention of hate speech, which could fuel further tensions. The Government, at the highest levels, should emphasize that promotion and protection of minority rights are an integral part of and a main priority for peace and reconciliation and a central pillar of the country’s political, economic and security strategies; (b) As an immediate step, the Government should give priority to the proposed draft concept for ethnic development and society integration and ensure that it complies with international human rights norms; (c) As per universal periodic review recommendations 76.20 and 76.121, supported by Kyrgyzstan, the Government should take further measures to effectively protect the rights of minorities and promote their inclusion in all sectors of the society. Particular emphasis should be placed on participation in decision-making at all levels and on advancing minority rights in such key fields as education and language policies. 83. On human rights mechanisms: (a) The Government should ensure that the Ombudsman Institution is in full conformity with the Paris Principles; (b) As per universal periodic review recommendation 76.44, supported by Kyrgyzstan, the Government should submit its outstanding reports due under the international human rights treaties as soon as possible as well as its response to communications from special procedures of the Human Rights Council; 16

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