A/HRC/22/66 80. Democratic reconstruction is a key factor in national reconciliation and should be based on the effective achievement of inclusive political pluralism and the vigorous and vigilant promotion of human rights. 81. The Independent Expert therefore reiterates his recommendation that ethnic, cultural and religious pluralism should be enshrined in the Ivorian Constitution as a basic value of the Ivorian people. Significant political initiatives should be made in order to ensure that the permanent framework for dialogue, which is a positive step, fully reflects the political diversity of Ivorian society. 82. Côte d’Ivoire must consolidate democracy, consensus and peace at the national level, in view of the increasing instability and division inherent in the crisis in Mali and the Sahel. 83. Urgent and credible measures must be taken to ensure effective respect for human rights, for which a robust institutional and legal framework exists, in particular by State security forces; such measures should be based on training, the punishment of established human rights violations and more rigorous filtering under the DDR process. 84. The scope of the progress being made in the promotion and realization of economic, social and cultural rights must be enhanced by laying emphasis, through education, on the inseparability of those rights from civil and political rights, within the responsible Government bodies as much as among the population. 85. Women and children, who are the main victims of the crisis but are also a fundamental element of reconciliation, must be priority beneficiaries of the economic and social recovery and fully exercise the right to education. 86. The mandate, composition, organization and functioning of the National Human Rights Commission, which plays a fundamental role in promoting and [ensuring] respect for human rights, must be in conformity with the Paris Principles and in particular with regard to its independence and resources. 87. Two significant steps should be taken to implement the report of the National Commission of Inquiry, which is a balanced document that favours reconciliation: the report should be published (respecting the confidentiality of sources and witnesses), and an independent structure with the appropriate means to follow up on the implementation of the report’s recommendations should be established. 88. It would also be appropriate to establish a platform for cooperation between the State institutions responsible for transitional justice. The necessary resources must be made available to the Dialogue, Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the mandate of which is more appropriate than ever. The formal absence of the concept of justice from the Commission’s mandate should be mitigated by taking a holistic, proactive and three-dimensional view of the truth that would involve looking objectively at the facts, identifying those responsible and identifying the root causes. 89. Measures taken to try detainees and provisionally release a significant number of figures from the former regime must be made more credible through greater impartiality on the part of the judiciary towards those recognized as being responsible for massive violations of human rights of all political persuasions, including those seen as being close to the ruling power. Conditions of detention must be subject to more systematic scrutiny. 90. The positive ratification of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court must be followed by firm, unreserved cooperation with the ICC to ensure that its ratification is seen as credible by the international community. 18 GE.13-10074