A/HRC/42/62 (c) Consider establishing committees under the alternative dispute resolution centre model to address complaints at the community level, and pass legislation to prohibit traditional elders from mediating in rape cases; (d) Reform the police force and ensure compliance with its constitution and other legislation when engaging with the civilian population, including journalists; (e) Protect the rights of the minority clans to security, dignity and property, by ensuring their inclusion in the political, economic and social fabric of society, including by access to education and other social services; (f) Adopt specific legislative measures prohibiting the discrimination of women, members of minority clans and internally displaced persons; (g) Adopt legislation prohibiting all types of female genital mutilation and promote awareness about the negative health consequences of such a practice; (h) Find durable solutions to resolve the clan conflicts in its eastern region. 114. The Independent Expert also makes the following recommendations to the international community: (a) Continue its assistance to Somalia as peace and stability increasingly become a reality in the country: (b) Critically assess the requisite security conditions when the Security Council adopts its drawdown plans to ensure that the human rights situation is not negatively affected; (c) Assist Somalia through technical and financial support to strengthen federal and State institutions, and the justice and security sectors ahead of the 2020/2021 elections; (d) Support the Somalia Joint Human Rights Programme to enhance protection for the civilian population, in particular women, children, young persons, internally displaced persons, persons from minority clans and persons with disabilities; (e) Address the negative effects of climate change on the population, by assisting Somalia to build water management infrastructure across the country for pastoralist communities for human and livestock use, in particular during the drought, as part of a solution to intra-clan conflicts. (f) Assist Somalia to ensure access to basic social services, such as health delivery and education for all children, in particular girls; (g) Support IGAD and the African Union-led Red Sea and Gulf of Aden regional economic cooperation initiative; (h) Respond adequately to the humanitarian appeals to ensure that Somalia does not suffer famine due to the failure of the rains during the 2018/2019 season; (i) Ensure that all bilateral forces fighting in Somalia are held accountable for civilian casualties, by conducting appropriate investigations and paying reparations for the deaths and injuries caused to the civilian population; (j) Support AMISOM with the requisite funds to enable it to make ex gratia payments to compensate for civilian injuries; (k) Assist Somaliland to ensure compliance with its human rights obligations, by training the police force, in particular its rapid response unit, to abide by human rights principles, and standard operating procedures for police. 115. The Independent Expert also makes the following recommendations to AMISOM: (a) Enhance the protection of the civilian population during its operations, both on land and when deploying its air assets, to minimize civilian casualties; 20

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