A/HRC/26/52 be incorporated into cooperation policies with that country and encourage the involvement of victims’ organizations and human rights advocates. Its support may be in the form of specialized technical expertise and contributions to a consolidated victim-assistance fund. 91. The Independent Expert recommends that the victims of the crisis establish a national victims federation that bring together all victims, without political, ethnic or religious distinction. The federation should respect their diverse backgrounds and serve as spokesperson before the Government and the international community. H. Conclusion 92. The international conference on the situation of the victims of the Ivorian crisis, held in February 2014, highlighted the initiatives taken by the Government on behalf of the victims. However, the proliferation of institutions and the lack of coordination among them, as well as the lack of information on their missions and mandates, were repeatedly pinpointed as causes of dissatisfaction among victims with the State’s efforts, which are nonetheless real. Taking up the situation of victims as a national cause will ensure that the victims of the crisis do not become victims of the current political polarization in Ivorian society. 93. The State has the overriding duty to ensure that the victims’ frustration does not degenerate into a social crisis whose magnitude may well jeopardize national reconciliation and social cohesion. Failing to reintegrate victims economically and socially could force them to take desperate steps to survive, including unlawful activities. The perception that offenders benefit from impunity could spark a desire for personal revenge that might undermine the rebuilding of social peace. The thirst for justice and reparation, if not addressed appropriately by the authorities, could push Ivorian society into instability that the slightest electoral challenge or incident between communities could exacerbate. Thus, fulfilling the victims’ right to reparation is both an ethical and political duty. 94. In that connection, the Independent Expert advises all political actors to make an ethical commitment. It is their responsibility to assume the moral initiative before the Ivorian nation, to shoulder their historic responsibility in the long and deep tragedy into which the Ivorian people have been cast and to strive to put the situation of victims in the forefront of the process of national reconciliation and reconstruction of democracy. They should make the plight of victims a national cause that transcends political divides. IV. General recommendations 95. The Independent Expert notes that Côte d’Ivoire has taken significant steps to implement the recommendations made in his previous reports (A/HRC/19/72, A/HRC/22/66, A/HRC/23/38 and A/HRC/25/73). 96. Nevertheless, he repeats his recommendations to the Government regarding inter alia the need to align the National Human Rights Commission with the Paris Principles; the impartiality of the justice system vis-à-vis those of all political persuasions who committed gross human rights violations; the harmonization of the Criminal Code with the country’s international obligations; the improvement of prison conditions; the definitive and lasting resolution of the issue of dozos interfering in security operations; the continuation of the inter-Ivorian political dialogue; the consensus-based reform of the Independent Electoral Commission and the electoral 20 GE.14-02949