A/HRC/29/41 (c) Fulfil human rights treaty obligations that provide security of tenure to occupants of homes and land and that strictly limit the circumstances under which evictions may be effected; (d) Prioritize the provision of social housing by expanding the low-cost housing supply to match the huge unmet demand for such housing; (e) Ensure that public order officials, including the military and the police, receive appropriate professional training for carrying out their public security duties, especially in relation to the use of force and firearms. Review rules of engagement to ensure their compliance with international law enforcement standards, such as the Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officials and the Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms; (f) Investigate and prosecute public order officials, including the military and the police, responsible for killings, violence, unlawful arrests and arbitrary destruction of personal property during evictions. This includes investigating the loss of life during the Adi Keyh evictions and bringing perpetrators to justice; (g) Ensure that future evictions, when necessary and justified, are reasonable and proportional and proceed only following authorization after an open, fair and transparent public participatory process with reasonable notice for all affected persons. Such a process should: include the determination of an objective and justified need for the eviction; ensure genuine consultation with the affected communities and individuals; limit the disruption in the daily lives of affected persons (for example, avoiding evictions during the school year, which would interrupt a child’s exercise of his or her right to education); provide affected parties with a say in the process, which should include an assessment of alternative measures to the eviction; provide legal remedies; and give special consideration to persons in situations of vulnerability, such as women, children, the elderly, persons with disabilities and children in child-headed households; (h) Uphold the rights to the freedoms of expression, assembly and association of all those affected by any proposed eviction. All affected persons and their supporters should be able to exercise their right to speak out publicly on evictions, the legal framework and any other matter of concern to them; (i) Bear in mind the disparate impact that forced evictions have on women and, given the experiences of violence during such actions, show sensitivity to the gendered effects of forced evictions, while guaranteeing security of tenure for women, especially in the context of access to adequate housing. 2. Legislative and other measures 77. The Government of Eritrea should: (a) Remove its reservations to article 20 of the Convention against Torture and accept the inquiry procedure, empowering the Committee to conduct in-country investigations and fact-finding missions; (b) Submit its initial report to the Committee against Torture by the established deadline of 25 October 2015; (c) Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and establish a supervisory body and independent mechanism for the prevention of torture in the context of the ratification of that protocol; 20

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