A/HRC/4/7 page 14 69. (b) Law providing for the application of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court; (c) Law on the protection of persons living with HIV/AIDS; (d) Framework Law on the organization and functioning of the new national human rights institution; (e) Framework Law prescribing the organization and functioning of the national police; (f) Law criminalizing torture; (g) Law reforming prison administration; (h) Law on the integration of the army and reform of the security forces; (i) Harmonization of the provisions of certain legal instruments, particularly certain provisions of the Military Penal Code, with the requirements of the Constitution. At the international level, the independent expert recommends that: (a) The international community should: • Support the new institutions arising out of the elections in order to permit the establishment of the rule of law, a culture of lasting peace, and democracy; • Support the restructuring, integration, recruitment, training and equipping of the army, the security forces and the police; • Support the renewal of MONUC’s mandate to enable it to provide broader and greater mentoring and support to the new Government, the army and the national police, so that they may meet the various challenges posed by the constant crime and unrest within the country, particularly on its eastern borders; • Assist the integrated human rights presence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, consisting of the field office of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and MONUC’s Human Rights Division, in implementing its programmes and activities for the promotion and protection of human rights; • Provide all necessary assistance to enable the independent expert to fulfil his complex mandate, taking into account the vastness of the country and the many human rights areas covered by his mandate;

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