A/HRC/38/30 IX. Recommendations 70. The High Commissioner for Human Rights recommends that the Government of Haiti: (a) Ensure that a high-level human rights focal point in the executive branch, with the authority to lead the Interministerial Committee on Human Rights, resumes the development of and finalizes the national human rights action plan; and that cabinet ministers follow up on recommendations of the international human rights mechanisms; (b) Take urgent measures to reduce the number of inmates who have been in pretrial detention for over two years, including by implementing the recommendations of the presidential commission of inquiry on the situation of detainees in prison settings; (c) Improve oversight, through the Superior Council of the Judiciary, of investigating judges assigned to cases in which those accused have been detained for more than two years; (d) Ensure that the adoption of the Criminal Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure and the law on legal aid are on the agenda of forthcoming parliamentary sessions; (e) Adopt urgently measures to facilitate the provision of adequate housing for persons displaced by the 2010 earthquake and Hurricane Matthew who are still living in camps and other temporary settlements; (f) Ratify the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families; (g) Continue efforts to eradicate illiteracy, bearing in mind the specific challenges faced by girls in rural areas; (h) Ensure individual accountability through the appropriate judiciary measures for human rights violations committed by members of the Haitian National Police, including in relation to the serious incidents reported in Lilavois and Grand Ravine in October and November 2017; (i) Establish transitional justice mechanisms to shed light on past largescale, systematic human rights violations and repair the damage caused to the victims and the country as a whole, so as to strengthen society’s capacity to build a more egalitarian, justice-based society; (j) Promote and ensure accountability for past gross human rights violations, including by resuming judicial proceedings against the alleged perpetrators; (k) Ensure that disaster risk reduction policies and recovery plans incorporate human rights considerations to mitigate the risks of human rights violations, particularly for the most vulnerable. 71. The High Commissioner recommends that the Human Rights Council continue to pay close attention to the human rights situation in Haiti given the outstanding human rights issues and monitor progress made in the development and implementation of a national human rights action plan. 15