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(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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