A/HRC/RES/21/15 (b) Adequate, effective and prompt reparation for harm suffered; (c) Access to relevant information concerning violations and reparation mechanisms; 9. Emphasizes that a human rights-based approach should be incorporated into vetting processes as part of institutional reform aiming at preventing the recurrence of human rights violations and at building confidence in State institutions; 10. Welcomes the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on human rights and transitional justice, 9 taking note of the analysis of the relationship between disarmament, demobilization and reintegration and transitional justice, and stressing that disarmament, demobilization and reintegration and transitional justice processes are interrelated and that coordination between the two efforts is essential to facilitate their coherence and mutual reinforcement; 11. Emphasizes that justice, peace, democracy and development are mutually reinforcing imperatives; 12. Welcomes the fact that a growing number of peace agreements contain provisions for transitional justice processes, such as truth-seeking, prosecution initiatives, reparations programmes and institutional reform, and do not provide for blanket amnesties; 13. Underlines the importance and urgency of national and international efforts to end human rights violations, restore justice and the rule of law in conflict and postconflict situations and, where relevant, in the context of transitional processes; 14. Stresses the importance of a comprehensive process of national consultation, particularly with those affected by human rights violations, in contributing to a holistic transitional justice strategy that takes into account the particular circumstances of every situation and is in conformity with human rights; 15. Underlines the importance of giving vulnerable groups, including those marginalized for political, socioeconomic or other reasons, a voice in these processes and to ensure that discrimination, the root causes of conflict, and violations of all human rights, including economic, social and cultural rights, are addressed; 16. Recognizes the important role played in the realization of transitional justice goals and in the reconstruction of society, as well as in the promotion of the rule of law and accountability, by: (a) Victims’ associations, human rights defenders and other actors of civil society, as well as national human rights institutions created in conformity with the Paris Principles; (b) Women’s organizations in the design, establishment and implementation of transitional justice mechanisms, so as to ensure that women are represented in their structures and that a gender perspective is reflected in their mandates and work; (c) Free and independent media in informing the public about the human rights dimension in the area of transitional justice mechanisms locally, nationally and internationally; 17. Strongly condemns violence against women and girls committed in conflict and post-conflict situations, such as murder, rape, including systematic rape, sexual slavery, forced pregnancy and enforced sterilization, recognizing that the term “violence against 9 4 A/HRC/18/23.