A/HRC/45/45/Add.3 time-bound; ensure also that registration continues beyond the conclusion of the work of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission in order to ensure that all victims are part of the reparations programme, even if they decide to inscribe at a later stage; and consider establishing a standing body to manage reparations; (l) Provide a safe environment for the testimonies of victims and witnesses and ensure ample dissemination of information regarding the anonymity and confidentiality mechanisms of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission, in order to address victims’ fears of reprisals or stigmatization, in particular among victims of sexual violence and witch-hunts, and consult with victims about the adequacy of the existing procedures; (m) Develop witness and victim protection schemes for individuals at imminent risk of reprisals, stigma or revictimization; (n) Adopt, in consultation with victims, comprehensive memorialization policies about past violations, such as the establishment of memory sites, museums and commemoration days, dissemination in the media, activities in the field of arts and inclusion in educational curricula; (o) Reform the legal and procedural framework, including regulations, operational procedures and codes of conduct, of the security services, intelligence services and armed forces, in order to bring them into line with international standards, reinforce internal accountability mechanisms, and establish strong and independent civil oversight mechanisms; (p) Publicly instruct security services and intelligence personnel to refrain from exercising excessive detention and intelligence powers, pending the reform of their governing regulations; (q) Proceed without delay to vet the institutions involved in the violations of the past regime and suspend the personnel suspected of committing crimes, pending final decisions from the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission and courts of law; (r) Train security personnel on conditions for the use of force, public order management, sexual and gender-based violence, investigative interviewing and forensic investigations; (s) Train public officials, the judiciary and security personnel on human rights and historical memory, including an examination of the State’s responsibility in the serious human rights violations of the past; (t) Ensure that victims and civil society actively participate in the design and implementation of all aspects of transitional justice processes, including truth, justice, reparation, memorialization and guarantees of non-recurrence. Recommendations addressed to the international community 102. The Special Rapporteur recommends that Governments and agencies providing international cooperation should: (a) Aid the work of victims’ organizations and other civil society groups working on transitional justice issues; (b) Consider providing, or maintaining the provision of, technical collaboration and assistance to support the reform of the judicial and security sectors; help build technical capacities on forensic sciences, criminal investigations and prosecutions; and support reparation efforts. 103. The Special Rapporteur recommends that the United Nations, the Governments of the Gambia and Ghana, and the Economic Community of West African States urgently adopt appropriate measures to publicize the 2019 fact-finding mission on the 2005 killing of 50 foreign nationals. 20

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