A/HRC/40/69 sexual assault to the perpetrator, and those that result in the harshest penalties – including stoning, lashing and death – often being reserved for women, as well as judicial practices that disregard a history of gender-based violence to the detriment of women defendants; (e) Ensure that a data system is established to regularly collect, analyse and publish statistical data on the number of complaints about all forms of gender-based violence against women, including technology-mediated violence, the number and types of protection orders issued, the rates of dismissal and withdrawal of complaints, prosecution and conviction rates and time taken for the disposal of cases. 131. On security and detention, the Commission recommends that the Government: (a) Halt the use of secret detention in unofficial detention facilities and the torture and ill-treatment of detainees, and urgently address conditions in all places of detention; (b) Embark on radical reform of the arrangements for national security to ensure compliance with international human rights obligations; (c) Cease interference with the media and civil society so that freedom of expression can be reasonably exercised in order to ensure that the peace process is properly understood, that there can be accountability for past violations, that issues of corruption can be exposed, and that the process of healing can take place across the country; (d) Reconfirm its former commitment to a moratorium on executions as a contribution to peace- and nation-building, and confirm its commitment to respecting its international human rights obligations by declaring that no one who was under the age of 18 years at the time of the commission of their offence will be sentenced to death or executed; (e) Consider carefully the draft amendment to the Penal Code Act, which incorporates international crimes into national law in order that all forms of liability relevant to such crimes are included, so that there can be complementarity between the national criminal legal order and any international tribunals with jurisdiction. 132. On the political economy, the Commission recommends that the Government: (a) Ensure the implementation of articles 4.8.1.1 and 4.8.1.2 of the Revitalized Agreement on the Petroleum Revenue Management Act, which facilitate transparency, accountability and an equitable allocation of oil revenues among the present and future population of the country, including the closure, within three months of the start of the transition period, of any petroleum revenue accounts not established under the Act; (b) Establish an appropriate mechanism to monitor the transfer of an equitable share of the revenue to states and ensure public reporting; (c) Ensure that it expedites the operationalization of Future Generations Fund and the Oil Revenue Stabilization Account and reviews and audits the allocations and transfers of the 2 per cent and 3 per cent of oil revenue made to oilproducing states and communities, respectively, since 2011;3 (d) Ensure that the review of the national oil company, Nilepet, and the National Petroleum and Gas Commission called for under the Revitalized Agreement is dealt with expeditiously to transform and empower them to exercise their responsibilities as stated in the amended Constitution and law.4 133. 3 4 18 On transitional justice, the Commission recommends that the Government: Revitalized Agreement, arts. 4.8.1.14.7 and 4.8.1.14.9. Revitalized Agreement, art. 4.8.1.14.14.

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