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V. Conclusions and recommendations
85. In the light of the observations contained in this report, the Office of the
High Commissioner for Human Rights recommends that the Government of
Guinea:
(a) Strengthen the struggle against impunity, especially among officers of
the defence and security forces;
(b)
Continue the reform of the justice and security sectors;
(c) Reorganize the judiciary to allow the regular holding of trials and end
prison overcrowding;
(d) Take a comprehensive approach to the fight against female genital
mutilation, including circumcision, and against all forms of discrimination
against girls and women;
(e) Provide technical and financial support to the Provisional Commission
on National Reconciliation for the conduct of national consultations and, in that
connection, comply with the visit request made by the Special Rapporteur on the
promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence;
(f) Ensure that the Independent National Human Rights Institution can
function, in particular by allocating the necessary financial and logistical
resources, including premises, for it to carry out its mandate in keeping with the
principles relating to the status of national institutions for the promotion and
protection of human rights (Paris Principles); 14
(g) Step up cooperation with international human rights protection
mechanisms, in particular by adopting an action plan to implement the
recommendations stemming from the universal periodic review and measures to
follow up on the observations of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of
All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families.
86.
The High Commissioner recommends that the international community:
(a) Maintain the assistance needed to continue the political dialogue and
strengthen the rule of law;
(b)
Continue supporting the reform of the security and justice sectors;
(c) Continue providing assistance to the Government for the post-Ebola
recovery plan;
(d) Provide the Government with the necessary financial and technical
assistance to support its efforts to abolish female genital mutilation, including
circumcision, and to enhance the realization of women’s rights;
(e) Provide the Government with the necessary assistance to reduce
poverty and enhance the realization of economic and social rights.
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The Paris Principles, which were adopted by the General Assembly in resolution 48/134, define the
minimum criteria that a national institution for the promotion and protection of human rights must
meet in order to be considered legitimate.
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