A/HRC/40/45 of services and alternatives for children who have been rejected for recruitment by the Afghan National Defence and Security Forces or for children released from active service; (f) Strengthen laws and policies to prevent military use of schools to supplement statements included in the Safe Schools Declaration, which Afghanistan adopted in May 2015; (g) Ensure the implementation of relevant provisions of the revised Penal Code criminalizing bacha bazi with a focus on accountability for perpetrators, including for members of the Afghan National Defence and Security Forces; (h) Ensure that victims of human rights violations have an effective remedy; strengthen procedures to ensure gender-sensitive and inclusive reparations, including compensation for families of civilians killed and injured in conflict-related violence, and raise public awareness of these procedures; and pay special attention to ensuring equal and effective access for women and girls; (i) Ensure that conflict victims, their families and representatives can safely advocate for accountability for perpetrators of war crimes and crimes against humanity; (j) Enhance its coordination with the International Criminal Court and facilitate visits of representatives of the Court to Afghanistan; (k) Increase efforts to prevent, punish and eradicate all forms of violence against women through the adoption and implementation of legal and policy frameworks compliant with international human rights standards, strengthen the capacity of the criminal justice system to ensure accountability and conduct countrywide campaigns to raise women’s awareness of the remedies available in cases of violence, including mediation procedures; (l) Ensure the swift implementation of the national plan for the implementation of Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) by providing dedicated human and financial resources and creating accountability mechanisms to track and report on its effective application, to ensure women’s meaningful participation in all peace and reconciliation processes; (m) Implement a robust vetting process to prevent members of armed groups involved in serious crimes, such as violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law, from being recruited by security or government institutions as part of any peace settlement, while ensuring that no blanket amnesty or immunity is granted and that victims’ rights are respected; (n) Ensure that impunity for violations committed against journalists and civil society actors ends, that all violations are investigated promptly and thoroughly and that perpetrators are brought to justice; and ensure that journalists and civil society actors enjoy their legitimate rights to freedom of expression and to have access to information, without fear of reprisal or attack; and protect civil society space and increase engagement of civil society actors in peace and reconciliation processes; (o) Establish a de jure moratorium on the death penalty and respect international standards that provide safeguards guaranteeing protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty, in particular article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the minimum standards set out in the safeguards guaranteeing protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty (Economic and Social Council resolution 1984/50, annex); (p) Strictly enforce national laws prohibiting torture and other forms of illtreatment; ensure that the procedural and other legal safeguards required by national and international law, designed to prevent torture and ill-treatment, are upheld by all national authorities; and take steps to ensure that coerced confessions are not admitted as evidence in court proceedings; 14

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