A/HRC/36/54 102. Impose individual sanctions on the principal alleged perpetrators of gross human rights violations and international crimes in Burundi. 6. The Secretary-General of the United Nations should: 103. Ensure that respect for human rights and restoration of the rule of law are among the priorities of his Special Envoy for Burundi; 104. Ensure that no alleged perpetrator of human rights violations or international crimes in Burundi is recruited for United Nations peacekeeping missions. 7. The States Members of the United Nations should: 105. Grant prima facie refugee status to Burundian asylum seekers and ensure strict respect for the principle of non-refoulement and refugee protection; 106. Prosecute, in accordance with the principle of universal jurisdiction, alleged perpetrators of international crimes committed in Burundi who are found to be in their territory; 107. 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; 108. Provide technical assistance, inter alia in respect of autopsies, exhumations and identification of bodies, to enable the Burundian authorities to conduct credible and independent investigations; 109. Support the establishment of specialized medical and psychosocial services, especially for victims of torture and sexual violence; 110. Support the Burundian authorities in any judicial and security sector reform endeavours that they might wish to undertake in order to improve the human rights situation. 8. The African Union should: 111. 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; 112. 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; 113. Ensure that the full complement of African Union human rights observers and military experts is deployed rapidly in Burundi; 114. 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: 115. Ensure that a rapid improvement of the human rights situation is a priority in its mediation efforts. 10. The guarantors of the Arusha Agreement of 2000, in their capacity as committed proponents of a lasting peace in Burundi, should: 116. Meet with a view to finding a lasting solution to the political and human rights crisis in Burundi. GE.17-13865 19

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