A/HRC/12/43 page 3 CONTENTS Chapter Paragraphs I. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................. 1-6 4 II. LEGAL REFORM ............................................................................. 7 - 10 5 III. RESTRICTED POLITICAL RIGHTS AND TARGETED VIOLENCE ................................................................. 11 - 22 6 A. Political parties ........................................................................... 12 - 14 6 B. Civil society ................................................................................ 15 - 18 6 C. Trade unions ............................................................................... 19 - 20 7 D. Militant youth groups ................................................................. 21 7 E. Violations committed by the National Forces of Liberation (FNL) .................................................................... 22 8 JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY ............ 23 - 32 8 V. THE SECURITY SECTOR - THE POLICE, INTELLIGENCE AND DEFENCE FORCES ............................................................... 33 - 37 10 IV. Page VI. BASIC SOCIAL SERVICES ............................................................ 38 - 44 11 VII. GROUPS AT RISK ........................................................................... 45 - 54 12 A. Attacks on persons with albinism ............................................... 45 - 46 12 B. The continuing vulnerability of children .................................... 47 - 51 13 C. Sexual and gender-based violence .............................................. 52 - 53 14 D. The Batwa ................................................................................... 54 14 INCHOATE HUMAN RIGHTS INITIATIVES ............................... 55 - 65 14 A. An independent national human rights commission ................... 55 - 56 14 B. The transitional justice mechanisms ........................................... 57 - 61 15 C. Interaction with the international human rights mechanisms ..... 62 - 65 16 CONCLUSIONS ............................................................................... 66 - 72 17 X. RECOMMENDATIONS .................................................................. 73 - 80 18 VIII. IX.