A/HRC/7/26 Page 20 X. RECOMMENDATIONS 82. The independent expert: (a) Calls upon the United Nations to encourage greater support to the Transitional Federal Institutions to press them to provide protection to the Somali population and to implement the human rights principles contained in the Transitional Federal Charter. The independent expert supports the establishment of a standing dialogue/engagement mechanism for the United Nations to address humanitarian and human rights issues with the TFIs; (b) Calls upon the Transitional Federal Parliament and Transitional Federal Government of Somalia to ensure that human rights safeguards and principles are included in all their deliberations, documentation, institutions and actions; (c) Calls upon all Somali authorities to provide full protection and independence for journalists and media personnel, human rights defenders and international humanitarian aid personnel operating in Somalia; (d) Calls upon the Transitional Federal Parliament to undertake discussions to work towards signing and ratifying the core international human rights treaties, in particular the Convention on the Rights of the Child; (e) Urges that in their engagement with the TFIs, the international community should emphasize and strongly support the building of key State institutions with the rule of law and human rights as their cornerstone; (f) Calls upon the United Nations and the Somali authorities to increase their efforts to address the immediate humanitarian needs and protect the human rights of the approximately 1 million internally displaced persons in Somalia; (g) Calls upon the United Nations and the international community to work with Transitional Federal Government officials to address, possibly through an inquiry or investigation, the issue of the very limited information available on the current human rights situation in Somalia and on any violations which allegedly took place in 2007 during the various rounds of fighting. Similarly, past injustices and human rights violations which have occurred during Somalia’s 14-year civil conflict as well as under the previous regime must also be addressed; (h) Calls on the Secretary-General and the Security Council to establish a committee of independent experts to examine allegations of past massive human rights violations and crimes against humanity committed in Somalia, and to report on options for how these might be addressed; (i) Calls upon the international community to support Somalis in their reconciliation efforts and processes, bearing in mind that an event such as the recent National Reconciliation Congress is within a larger framework of reconciliation and as such is the beginning of a process which does not preclude other transitional justice initiatives or processes;