A/HRC/42/62 (e) Encourage dialogue at different levels and with different sections of society to enhance reconciliation as it strengthens federalism and governance at the local level; (f) Strengthen the justice and security sectors to guarantee the security and safety of all citizens, in particular women, children, young persons, internally displaced persons, persons with disabilities and persons belonging to minority clans; (g) Expedite the establishment of the National Human Rights Commission; (h) Expedite the establishment of the Judicial Services Commission; (i) Implement the 2013 communiqué on the prevention of sexual violence in Somalia, including through the adoption of the sexual offences bill; (j) Adopt the amended media bill and prohibit the arbitrary arrest and intimidation of journalists by police and other security forces; (k) Adopt the revised Labour Code and ensure respect for workers’ rights in the public and private sectors; (l) Operationalize the Mogadishu Prison and Court Complex and transfer civilian cases from the military court; (m) Adopt legislation for a transitional justice mechanism to address the massive human rights violations that have occurred; (n) Ensure that any reconciliation mechanisms and processes guarantee reparations for victims and the non-repetition of the armed conflict, and commit all armed combatants to disarmament, demobilization, rehabilitation and reintegration into society; (o) Ensure that traditional customary law system (xeer) is administered subject to the federal constitution and human rights law; (p) Establish peace committees at the local level to include traditional elders, women and young persons as members in order to address the constraints on water and pasture and their utilization; (q) Finalize legislation to establish the land commission, the independent anti-corruption commission and the legal aid system to enhance access to justice and good governance generally; (r) Provide adequate resources to the health, education and water services, including those in rural areas, to ensure that the majority of people have access to such services; (s) Build infrastructure for water collection and storage so that they can be used to sustain the pastoral lifestyles of people and livestock and alleviate the effects of climate change, thus eliminating one of the causes of inter-clan conflicts; (t) Encourage the diaspora and foreign investors to invest in the economy, in particular in the agricultural, livestock and fisheries sectors, to generate employment for young persons; (u) Implement the outstanding recommendations of the Human Rights Council, including accession to international and regional instruments, in particular the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa and the African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa. 113. The Independent Expert also makes the following recommendations to the authorities in Somaliland: (a) Conduct parliamentary elections; (b) Ensure the implementation of the Rape and Sexual Offences Law, and address the opposition to the legislation instead of undermining women’s rights; 19

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