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(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;
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