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59.
The Independent Expert recommends that the ex-Seleka and anti-Balaka
movements and other armed groups:
(a)
Immediately cease acts of violence and violations of human rights and
international humanitarian law in their spheres of influence, put an end to the
recruitment and enlistment of children and not stand in the way of humanitarian
personnel or deliveries of humanitarian aid anywhere in the Central African
Republic;
(b)
Renounce violence by adhering to disarmament programmes and the
political process for the peaceful resolution of the crisis in the Central African
Republic in order to avoid liability to prosecution and penalties.
60.
The Independent Expert recommends that the international community:
(a)
Mobilize humanitarian assistance and food aid and ensure that they
reach their intended recipients;
(b)
In the framework of urgent transitional measures and before the
implementation of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization
Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), build up the resources of
international missions, especially those of their human rights and justice sections, to
enable them to monitor the human rights situation in the entire country, to strengthen
the State’s capacity in respect of administering justice and human rights and to
support the Government in the implementation of human rights treaty body
recommendations;
(c)
Mobilize aid to support national initiatives for the promotion of human
rights, transitional justice and national reconciliation, with a view to improved
protection of human rights;
(d)
Support the efforts of all Central Africans, including those of prominent
political figures, in the Central African Republic and abroad, to take a determined,
public stand against violence and impunity and in favour of national reconciliation;
(e)
Pending the effective launch of MINUSCA operations, provide the
international missions present in the country with resources and expertise enabling
them immediately to restore security and the authority of the State, if necessary
through interim measures and prerogatives;
(f)
Support the development of a national strategy to combat impunity by
providing additional technical assistance to the judiciary, the police, the gendarmerie
and the prison system, in order to enable them to be operational, to combat impunity
effectively and to restore order;
(g)
Provide additional assistance to programmes of psychotherapeutic
support and intercommunal reconciliation, support the mapping of local community
initiatives in the area of conflict mediation, prevention and resolution, as well as the
development of a national strategy to return displaced persons and refugees to their
respective neighbourhoods, villages and towns;
(h)
And, lastly, continue supporting security-sector reform and the national
disarmament, demobilization and reintegration strategy, including for children and
women.
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