A/HRC/45/32 • (ii) Publishing the conclusions of the national forum on the justice system held in 2013 and convening a meeting of justice-sector stakeholders and international partners to discuss follow-up action; • (iii) Increasing the budget for the justice sector and ensuring that it is managed autonomously; • (iv) Raising the pay levels of judges in the ordinary courts and increasing the resources and facilities available to them; • (v) Computerizing court registries; • (vi) Reviewing the composition of the Judicial Service Commission to ensure that the majority of its members are appointed by their peers; • (vii) Reviewing procedures for the appointment, assignment, evaluation and promotion of judges to ensure that such procedures are not dependent on the executive branch; • (viii) Ensuring strict observance of the principle that judges should have security of tenure; • (ix) Protecting and safeguarding the independence of the judiciary by prohibiting any interference in the administration of justice by government authorities, members of the ruling party or members of the defence and security forces, and imposing penalties on anyone who influences or seeks to influence the administration of justice; • (x) Developing legal aid programmes for persons belonging to the most vulnerable groups; • (xi) Strengthening victim and witness protection mechanisms and improving their effectiveness in order to restore public trust and encourage witnesses to come forward without fear for their safety. (g) In consultation with the beneficiaries, establish a reparations programme for victims of human rights violations, ensuring that material, symbolic, individual and collective reparations are made available regardless of whether or not the perpetrators are convicted; (h) Establish the State fund for victims of torture provided for by law, in conformity with general comment No. 4 on the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, adopted by the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, concerning the right to redress for victims of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment or treatment (art. 5); (i) Establish a compensation fund for victims of arbitrary and unlawful detention; (j) Reform the security sector by: • (i) Ensuring that outsiders are not involved in defence or security activities; • (ii) Clearly defining the roles of the various defence and security forces, in particular the National Intelligence Service; • (iii) Suspending members of the defence and security forces who are suspected of involvement in human rights violations until the relevant investigations and judicial proceedings have concluded; • (iv) Establishing rigorous and transparent selection procedures that include vetting mechanisms; • (v) Strengthening democratic civilian control over the defence and security forces, in particular the National Intelligence Service. (k) Meet its international obligations to respect, protect and fulfil economic and social rights by: • (i) Developing and implementing State budgets in such a way as to maximize the use of available resources to ensure that the human rights of the sectors 38 GE.20-10689