A/HRC/7/27 page 20 (f) The Government of Afghanistan and the international community must reinstate women’s rights at the top of policy and donor agendas. Provision of financial support and enactment of concrete policies and programmes aimed at ensuring changes at the community level, in partnership with religious leaders, elders and other local leaders as well as civil society groups, are required. The President is urged to endorse the National Action Plan for Women in Afghanistan (NAPWA), which, together with the ANDS Gender Equity Cross-Cutting Strategy, should be actively supported and mainstreamed into the work of the Government. Efforts should be made to reverse marginalization of and combat violence against women and ensure that laws and international standards are applied, rather than harmful customary practices; (g) The Government of Afghanistan and the international community must recommit to the transitional justice agenda alongside efforts to build the rule of law sector. This should include a commitment to advance the broader and victim-centred dimensions of transitional justice, such as truth-seeking, compensation and rehabilitation. As part of the reform of law enforcement and judicial system, the Government of Afghanistan and the international community must focus on raising the accountability of police and judicial officials at the district, provincial and central levels, including through the establishment of appropriate oversight mechanisms involving key stakeholders. To promote accountability, the Government of Afghanistan is urged to publicize the reports, including findings and recommendations, of specially constituted commissions tasked to investigate allegations of abuse of power; (h) Building on the current tripartite agreement between OHCHR, UNAMA and the Ministry of Interior’s Criminal Investigation Department, the Government of Afghanistan, with assistance from the international community, is encouraged to provide a clear mandate for forensic investigation experts on the investigation of mass graves related to past abuses; (i) With the international community’s support, the Afghan National Police must fully develop as a civilian law enforcement body and the Government of Afghanistan should develop alternative mechanisms to fill security gaps. The Ministries of Justice and Interior should continue their cooperation with UNAMA and AIHRC to develop solutions to the problems identified in the ADVC and LSOP initiatives, with particular focus on preventing arbitrary arrests and detentions, promoting the role of defence counsels, and developing judicial capacity to deal with cases in a timely manner; (j) The Government of Afghanistan is urged to promptly commence reforms needed within NDS. Reliable and non-supervised access should be granted for AIHRC and UNAMA to all detention facilities in Afghanistan so as to assist those running the detention centres in complying with international standards and its decree should be made public, enabling proper domestic and public scrutiny; (k) The Government of Afghanistan, with support of its international partners, is urged to take the remaining measures necessary to win full “A” accreditation for the

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