A/HRC/24/59 (g) Review and strengthen the mandate and functioning of the Joint National Commission of Inquiry to ensure that it is independent and impartial; (h) Adopt legal reforms to combat sexual and gender-based violence by introducing new criminal offences and increased penalties, and expand the scope of protection of and support for victims of sexual and gender-based violence; (i) Ratify all pending international human rights treaties, in particular the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the Optional Protocol thereto, and the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance; (j) Implement all recommendations of international human rights mechanisms, including the Human Rights Council and treaty-based bodies, and facilitate visits of human rights special procedures mandate holders; (k) Ensure free, full and unrestricted access to all places of detention, including military camps, to humanitarian and human rights organizations, and release, unconditionally and immediately, all those who are being arbitrarily detained; (l) Organize free, fair, credible and transparent presidential and legislative elections following an inclusive and transparent consultation process, without any discrimination based on ethnicity, religion or political affiliation; and enhance the participation of women in the electoral process and at the decision-making level; (m) Support initiatives fostering the peaceful coexistence of communities, such as the platform for dialogue established by Christian and Muslim religious leaders. 2. International community 95. The High Commissioner recommends that the international community: (a) Ensure broad support to restore and maintain stability in the Central African Republic by means of coordinated actions to strengthen security, good governance, the protection of human rights and national reconciliation; (b) Ensure that any peace support mission deployed in the Central African Republic has a strong mandate to protect civilians and to restore security and public order; (c) Strengthen the mandate of the United Nations Integrated Office in the Central African Republic, provide adequate financial and human resources to ensure that it has the capacity to monitor, investigate and report on human rights violations, and provide technical support to the national institutions mandated to promote and protect human rights, fight impunity and support national reconciliation; (d) Mobilize donors to fund emergency relief, protection and development activities, which are interrelated and urgently needed to support the peacebuilding process. 3. Human Rights Council 96. The High Commissioner recommends that the Human Rights Council appoint a special procedure on the situation of human rights in the Central African Republic to ensure accountability for serious crimes, by means of referral to justice, possibly to the International Criminal Court. 19