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181. Maintain, in the absence of any improvement in the human rights situation in Burundi,
the individual sanctions and the suspension of direct aid to the Government;
182. Provide technical assistance inter alia in respect to autopsies, exhumations and
identification of bodies, to enable the Burundian to conduct credible and independent
investigations;
183. Support the establishment of specialized medical and psychosocial services,
especially for victims of torture and sexual violence;
184. Support Burundian authorities in any judicial and security sector reform endeavors
that they might wish to undertake in order to improve the human rights situation.
8.
The African Union should:
185. Retake the lead in seeking a lasting solution to the crisis in Burundi based on respect
for human rights and rejection of impunity, as provided for in its Constitutive Act, and play
an active role in that process;
186. Ensure that no agent of the Burundian State who is accused of human rights violations
or international crimes is recruited for African Union peacekeeping missions;
187. Ensure that the full complement of African Union human rights observers and military
experts is deployed rapidly in Burundi;
188. Consider, in the event that the current situation in Burundi persists, the application of
Article 4 (h) of the Constitutive Act of the African Union, under which it is authorized to
intervene in a member State in certain circumstances, particularly in the event of crimes
against humanity.
9.
The East African Community should:
189. Ensure that a rapid improvement of the human rights situation is a priority in its
mediation efforts.
10.
The guarantors of the 2000 Arusha Agreement, in their capacity as committed proponents
of a lasting peace in Burundi, should:
190. Meet with a view to finding a lasting solution to the political and human rights crisis
in Burundi.
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