A/HRC/45/32 (b) With the support of the international community, establish ad hoc mechanisms with a mandate to investigate human rights violations and to prosecute perpetrators of international crimes that are not being investigated by the International Criminal Court; (c) With the support of the international community, establish an independent body with a mandate to investigate the cases of disappearance reported since April 2015, locate potential mass graves, and exhume and identify the remains; (d) Take measures to ensure that victims of torture and women survivors of sexual violence have access to appropriate care, including free access to all sexual and reproductive health services and to psychological support; (e) Implement the Guidelines on Combating Sexual Violence and its Consequences in Africa adopted by the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights; (f) Control price increases, in particular by reviewing duty and tax increases that are undermining the population’s right to an adequate standard of living and by abolishing contributions that disproportionately affect the poorest sectors; (g) Cooperate with international human rights mechanisms, in particular by: • (i) Resuming the practice of allowing special procedures mandate holders to conduct missions to Burundi; • (ii) Implementing the recommendations of the universal periodic review, treaty bodies and special procedures, including by establishing a national mechanism for reporting and follow-up. (h) Authorize the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to resume all its activities in Burundi without hindrance; (i) Sign and implement the memorandum of understanding with the African Union and permit the full deployment of the 100 human rights observers provided for therein. 122. For the medium and longer terms, the Commission also recommends that the Government of Burundi: (a) Amend the Organization Act of 8 March 2018 amending Act No. 01/03 of 24 January 2013 on the mandate, composition, organization and functioning of the National Communication Council with a view to ensuring the latter’s independence; (b) Ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance; (c) Amend the Code of Criminal Procedure to align its provisions with international standards, in particular the provisions on time limits for police custody and on oversight of detention, night-time and warrantless searches, the flagrante delicto procedure and the offence of “undermining the internal security of the State”, and provisions that grant de jure impunity to judges and to officers of the criminal investigation police (police judiciaire); (d) Put an end to arbitrary detention and improve conditions of detention by: • (i) Implementing the Guidelines on the Conditions of Arrest, Police Custody and Pre-Trial Detention in Africa adopted by the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights; • (ii) Ensuring that detention is subject to oversight measures for assessing its legality and compatibility with human rights. (e) In the absence of an independent and efficient judicial system, cooperate fully with the International Criminal Court in the investigation opened on 25 October 2017; (f) Undertake an in-depth reform of the judicial system to ensure its independence, impartiality and effectiveness, including by: • (i) Implementing the Principles and Guidelines on the Right to a Fair Trial and Legal Assistance in Africa adopted by the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights; GE.20-10689 37

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