A/HRC/RES/33/17 (f) To initiate timely, effective, impartial and transparent investigations into killings of journalists and to prosecute all those responsible for unlawful acts, in a manner in line with provisions in the media law and in a manner that is equally consistent with other applicable domestic and international legal obligations, to create security and space for a free press to operate, and to take measures to protect and support, in law and in practice, a safe and enabling environment in which civil society and human rights defenders can operate free from hindrance and insecurity, in particular in view of the forthcoming election process; (g) To bring an end, in a clear and accessible manner, to the prevailing culture of impunity and to impose a zero-tolerance policy on sexual and gender-based violence, particularly sexual violence in conflict, ensuring that perpetrators of sexual violence, exploitation and abuse, regardless of their status or rank, are held to account; (h) To ensure the equitable participation of women, youth, members of minority groups and other marginalized groups in national political processes; (i) To implement effectively the State’s obligations under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women; (j) To publish a plan to demonstrate how the media law will be implemented in accordance with its international human rights obligations and commitments; (k) To harmonize national, regional, subregional and subnational political policies and legal frameworks with applicable human rights obligations and other commitments, including those referenced in the provisional Constitution and the migration and human rights agenda at the federal, regional State and subnational levels; (l) To ensure the accountability of State institutions and security forces and those serving within them, and in so doing to increase awareness of and training on human rights among the Somali security forces at the national and subnational levels, including on the protection of civilians from, inter alia, sexual and gender-based violence, and on the prevention of extrajudicial killings, with the timely and tangible support of the international community; to ensure that comprehensive vetting procedures are put in place for personnel in the security forces and in security institutions; and to issue clear and public orders that the Somali national armed forces, the Somali national police force and allied militias should comply with applicable national and international law; (m) To work with regional leaders towards comprehensive security sector reform; (n) To treat former combatants, including children under 18 years of age, in accordance with applicable obligations under domestic and international law, in particular international human rights law and international humanitarian law, as applicable; (o) To continue measures to implement the plans of action to end the unlawful recruitment and use of children in the Somalia national armed forces; (p) To work with specialist agencies, such as the United Nations Children’s Fund, to ensure that former child soldiers under 18 years of age are rehabilitated in accordance with international standards; (q) To ensure the well-being and protection of all internally displaced persons, including from sexual and gender-based violence, and also from exploitation and abuse committed by State or international military or civilian personnel; to seek durable solutions for all internally displaced persons, including the most vulnerable; to ensure a fully consultative process and best practice for relocations, and safe, sanitary new sites that have basic services; to ensure unfettered access for humanitarian organizations; to recognize the acute vulnerability of internally displaced persons; to facilitate full, rapid and unimpeded humanitarian access to people in need, wherever they are in Somalia; and to safeguard the 4

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