A/HRC/40/23 (d) Support the Human Rights Commission, including by ensuring that it receives adequate resources to fulfil its mandate effectively, including review of and advice on draft legislation, and its role as national preventive mechanism; (e) Support the independent commissions, fully respect their independence, and take into account their recommendations. 68. With regard to legislation and justice, the High Commissioner recommends that the Government: (a) Accede to the additional protocols to the Geneva Conventions and to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court; (b) Enact legislation to criminalize war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide and enforced disappearances without statutes of limitation, and enact internationally recognized modes of criminal liability, in particular with regard to command or superior responsibility; (c) Adopt legislation establishing a hybrid court to investigate allegations of violations and abuses of international human rights law and violations of international humanitarian law; (d) Review the Assistance to and Protection of Victims of Crime and Witnesses Act with a view to incorporating safeguards for the independence and effectiveness of the victim and witness protection programme, in accordance with international standards; (e) Strengthen the forensic capacity of the police and judiciary, and ensure that it is adequately resourced, including for DNA testing, forensic anthropology and archaeology; (f) Replace the Prevention of Terrorism Act with legislation that adheres to the best international practices, seeking advice from the Human Rights Commission; (g) Review all cases of detainees held under the Prevention of Terrorism Act with the aim of either releasing them or bringing them immediately to trial; establish a moratorium for the use of the Act for new arrests until it is replaced by legislation that adheres to international best practices; and review the cases of those convicted under the Act and are serving long sentences, particularly where convictions were based solely on confessions; (h) Promptly investigate and prosecute all allegations of torture and other gross human rights violations, and give the highest priority to long-standing emblematic cases so as to regain public confidence in the justice system. 69. With regard to truth and the right to know, the High Commissioner recommends that the Government: (a) Design, enact and operationalize a truth-seeking mechanism that has appropriate linkages to other transitional justice components, and provide it with sufficient resources and the technical means necessary to carry out its mandate; (b) Provide the Office on Missing Persons with sufficient resources and technical means to effectively fulfil its mandate, including specific forensic capacity and clear coordination protocols with the judiciary; and take interim relief measures for families of disappeared persons, regardless of their right to comprehensive reparations. 70. With regard to reparations, the High Commissioner recommends that the Government: (a) Provide the Office for Reparations with the resources and technical means necessary to implement its mandate; (b) Through the Office for Reparations, develop a national reparations policy that takes into account the specific needs of women and children and psychosocial support for victims. 14