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 19

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