A/HRC/38/31
(f)
Ensure that persons convicted of crimes of sexual violence are given
appropriate sentences and are prohibited from joining or remaining in the defence
and security forces;
(g)
Ensure that, in cases where minors are to be tried, investigators are
given specialized training and that accused children are tried in specialized juvenile
chambers with appropriate procedures in place;
(h)
Enforce the application of judicial protection measures for child victims
in order to facilitate their participation and to protect their identity;
(i)
Take concrete and effective steps to ensure, by incorporating a gender
perspective, that victims of sexual violence and child victims have access to
appropriate medical, psychosocial and socioeconomic services;
(j)
Work to secure the immediate release of the women and children who
are still held captive by the Bana Mura militiamen in Kamonia territory.
112. The team recommends that MONUSCO provide practical support to the
competent judicial authorities in the prosecution of perpetrators of international
crimes in Kasaï, including by facilitating the holding of mobile court hearings.
113. The team recommends that the Secretary-General of the United Nations closely
monitor the progress of the investigations by the Democratic Republic of the Congo
into the deaths of the two United Nations experts and their companions and, if
necessary, broaden the mandate and increase the resources of the United Nations
country team responsible for supporting the national investigation to ensure that
those responsible are brought to justice.
GE.18-10936
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