A/HRC/26/53 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. GE.14-03816 19

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