A/HRC/39/42 (f) Ensure that the bill on the protection and accountability of human rights defenders, and also that on the general provisions applicable to non-profit associations and to public service institutions fully guarantee the rights of all persons to the protection and promotion of human rights, do not infringe the rights to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association, and are adopted by Parliament in those terms; (g) Promote the participation of women in the political sphere, including by amending the electoral law to include temporary special measures such as mandatory quotas for women candidates in party lists; (h) Ensure the independence of the judiciary by desisting from all interference in its operations and furnish the judicial authorities with the necessary means to carry out their tasks; (i) Prohibit incommunicado detention, close all secret detention facilities, release the detainees still held in those facilities and place all places of detention under judicial oversight, including those of the National Intelligence Agency and military intelligence headquarters; (j) Uphold the right of every accused person to be tried within a reasonable time by an independent and impartial tribunal, with due respect for the rights of the defence, that it recognize the right of appeal to the Operational Military Court and that it abolish the death penalty; (k) Improve the living conditions and treatment of detainees in prisons, in accordance with the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners; (l) Take all necessary measures to prevent sexual and other forms of gender-based violence, bring perpetrators to justice and provide victims with holistic care and remedies for redress; (m) Ensure that the National Human Rights Commission becomes fully operational, including by allocating to it the necessary financial and logistic resources and by guaranteeing its independence, in accordance with the principles relating to the status of national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights (Paris Principles); (n) Strengthen the national institutions and mechanisms responsible for coordinating and following up the application of recommendations of United Nations human rights mechanisms; (o) Strengthen its collaboration with the Joint Human Rights Office, MONUSCO and other partners to improve the protection of human rights in the country and to combat impunity, including by ensuring the safety and complete freedom of movement of United Nations personnel throughout the country and by cooperating fully with the monitoring and verification missions undertaken by staff of the Joint Human Rights Office, including by granting them full access to detention centres. 14 GE.18-13336