A/HRC/30/59 (e) Make every effort to protect against any act of reprisal women and girls who are victims of sexual violence, particularly those who turn to the justice system, and raise awareness among the population to prevent those women and girls being ostracized by their families and communities; (f) Establish transitional justice mechanisms offering guarantees concerning the need for justice, truth, the right to reparation and the non repetition of violations, including by involving traditional institutions whenever possible. Special attention should also be paid to economic crimes committed in the context of armed conflict; (g) Prosecute and punish all those responsible for violations against persons accused of witchcraft, and begin a national debate on the issue, including in respect of existing legislation, to find real solutions that respect universal human rights standards; (h) Ensure that internally displaced persons and refugees have the right to return to their places of residence and to enjoy other benefits as nationals of the Central African Republic; (i) Take measures to guarantee the safe return of internally displaced persons and refugees, including by securing their places of origin and their property; (j) Encourage the participation of women at all stages of the peace process as part of national reconciliation, in all initiatives aimed at reconstruction and in the transitional justice process, and especially at the decision-making level; (k) Arrange activities to raise awareness of the importance, for the whole of society, of the participation of women in the decision-making process, especially as candidates and voters; (l) Encourage measures promoting social cohesion, in particular by taking steps to encourage and facilitate the participation of refugees and displaced persons in the electoral process and the constitutional referendum; (m) Continue efforts aimed at deploying, with the assistance of MINUSCA, local administrators and the police and gendarmerie forces throughout the territory; (n) Establish procedures to ensure the representation of minorities in public institutions such as the parliament and in public service, including the army, the police and the judiciary; (o) Take all measures necessary to allow Muslim students to return safely to schools and universities, and adults to return to work; (p) Provide specific protection for women and children affected by armed conflict, including through the deployment of child protection advisers and women protection advisers; (q) Put in place a programme of disarmament, demobilization and reintegration adapted to children; consider professional apprenticeships for the reintegration of juvenile offenders who have been given light sentences and/or who have served their sentences; (r) Combat trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder in children by establishing after-school support groups, training specialized school counsellors, improving school security and ensuring that schools are not used by any armed forces; and establish programmes to raise parents’ awareness of the issue of sexual violence against children; GE.15-12489 21/22

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