A/HRC/4/98* page 18 (h) The Government, with the support of the international community, is called upon to intensify its efforts to increase the participation and role of women in public decision-making in line with Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) on women, peace and security; it should provide security for female Members of Parliament, Provincial Council members and heads of DoWA who are currently facing intimidation and threats in southern and eastern Afghanistan. (i) The Government is urged to take all necessary measures to investigate allegations of family and other forms of violence, including honour killings, and to prosecute perpetrators, including those committing or arranging underage and forced marriages; domestic violence and rape should be included as crimes in the Criminal Code; instructions should be provided to prosecutors and judicial officials on the application of Afghanistan’s Criminal Law provisions in order to clarify breaches of custom or civil codes which are not criminal offences; and traditional dispute resolution mechanisms should be reviewed in order to better protect the rights of all individuals, particularly women and children, and enhance accountability to the State. (j) The Government should ensure that a wide-ranging awareness campaign to eradicate violence against women and girls is undertaken in conjunction with community leaders, mullahs and civil society; that efforts to support MoWA in the establishment of safe houses across the country for victims of domestic violence are stepped up and include psychosocial support for victims and vocational training for released female prisoners. (k) The Government is encouraged to ratify the Optional Protocols to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, enabling women and men who have been subjected to discriminatory or unfair judicial rulings to have recourse to an international mechanism. (l) The Government is further encouraged to issue, in 2007, a standing invitation to the United Nations human rights special procedures mechanisms. (m) The Government should enact legislation implementing the provisions of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court in domestic law, including the crimes set out under articles 6, 7 and 8, to ensure that Afghan courts have jurisdiction to prosecute. (n) The implementation of and respect for constitutional and other legal safeguards for freedom of expression is strongly recommended, and the Government should ensure that the new proposed Media Law provides safeguards particularly against political interference and censorship, especially for private media. (o) The Government, with the support of the international community, is urged to focus efforts on meeting the Afghanistan Compact rule of law benchmark, particularly the drafting, revision and implementation of further key legislation. (p) The Government should continue its cooperation with UNAMA and AIHRC on the arbitrary detention campaign and related issues and grant these organizations access to all detention facilities and to relevant documentation.