A/HRC/30/59 (s) Finalize without delay the bill establishing a national human rights commission in accordance with the Paris Principles, and ensure that its mandate covers equality and non-discrimination based on sex/gender and other interrelated factors; (t) Abolish the death penalty, in accordance with the recommendations of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the draft additional protocol to the African Charter of Human and Peoples’ Rights on the abolition of the death penalty in Africa; (u) In humanitarian assistance programmes and programming decisions, take full account of the needs of people living with disabilities; (v) Establish a system to guarantee a minimum representation of women among members of parliament and offer incentives to political parties to put forward women candidates. 109. Following the commitment by the armed militias to release all children associated with the conflict, the Independent Expert requests the authorities, with the assistance of MINUSCA, to: (a) Ensure that no child acts on behalf of a militia. Children released or separated from armed groups are victims and should receive special protection; (b) Continue efforts towards reopening schools and rehabilitating hospitals and health centres; protect those institutions and put an end to their use for military purposes. 110. The Independent Expert recommends that the international community: (a) Mobilize further to provide more assistance to the Central African Republic so that it may make the transition to peace, national reconciliation and combating impunity; (b) Commit itself to funding the Special Criminal Court and supporting the criminal justice system in order to restore the chain of criminal prosecution; (c) Continue funding humanitarian assistance programmes and the Central African Republic Regional Refugee Response Plan, which are considerably underfunded. 111. She appeals to the international community for urgent financing of the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programme, with special attention to be paid to the needs of children associated with armed forces and groups. 112. The Independent Expert calls on the international community to provide technical assistance to the Government for the purposes of sound management of revenues from mineral resources. 113. Finally, she calls on the United Nations and the troop-contributing countries to shed full light on the allegations of sexual abuse committed in the Central African Republic, to bring those responsible to justice and to provide reparations to the victims. She urges all relevant authorities to take measures to strengthen prevention of such abuses, including by deploying personnel who are trained, qualified, equipped and commanded in such a way as to be able to fulfil thei r responsibilities to protect civilians. 22/22 GE.15-12489

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