A/HRC/RES/27/27 3. Takes note of the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the human rights situation and the activities of her Office in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1 and welcomes the commitment of the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to continue its cooperation with the High Commissioner and with the special procedures of the Human Rights Council; 4. Welcomes the appointment, pursuant to Presidential Order No. 14/002 of 8 July 2014, of the Personal Representative of the Head of State on Sexual Violence and Child Recruitment, and encourages the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to make the resources available to her that are necessary for the effective performance of her tasks; 5. Encourages the Democratic Republic of the Congo to continue to pursue the process undertaken with a view to ensuring that the National Human Rights Commission will soon become operational in accordance with the principles relating to the status of national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights (the Paris Principles); 6. Welcomes the efforts undertaken by the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo within the framework of the institutional normalization process, in particular the establishment of the Constitutional Court under Act No. 13/026 of 15 October 2013 and the appointment of its members pursuant to Presidential Order No. 14/021 of 7 July 2014, and encourages it to set up the Court within a reasonable period of time; 7. Also welcomes the restructuring of the new Independent National Electoral Commission through the establishment of the Plenary Assembly as a collegiate decisionmaking body and the reactivation of consensus-building mechanisms, and encourages the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to continue the reform process; 8. Invites the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and its national partners to ensure the transparency and credibility of the electoral process, to create the necessary conditions in order for the electoral process to be free, fair, credible, peaceful and transparent, and to ensure respect for fundamental rights and freedoms in accordance with the international commitments of the Democratic Republic of the Congo; 9. Welcomes the amnesty measures introduced in order to strengthen the process of national reconciliation in accordance with Act No. 14/006 of 11 February 2014 on amnesty for acts of insurrection, acts of war and political offences, which excludes perpetrators of war crimes, crimes against humanity and crimes of genocide, sexual violence and recruitment of children; 10. Congratulates the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the operation, both at the national level and in the provinces, of the consensus-building and cooperation mechanism referred to as the Entité de liaison de droits de l’homme, and encourages it to ensure the operation of the unit for the protection of human rights defenders and to allocate budgetary funds under the Finance Act for its effective functioning; 11. Welcomes efforts to combat acts of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, considers that sexual violence remains a matter of major concern and encourages the Government to redouble its efforts, with the support of the international community, to put an end to impunity, especially of perpetrators of sexual violence, and to all human rights violations and to bring their perpetrators to justice and to ensure that the victims receive compensation; 1 GE.14-17988 A/HRC/27/42. 3

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