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85.
As the number of recommendations made during the universal periodic review
is quite large, the Government should consider grouping or prioritizing them into
categories, on the basis of the time required to implement them (such as short-term,
medium-term and longer-term). The recommendations should be quickly
disseminated to the people for their views and suggestions; this will be useful to ensure
their support for the process. At the same time, the establishment of a ministerial task
force to review and agree on the categorization and road-mapping would be useful.
86.
The Transitional Federal Government should establish appropriate
mechanisms to communicate with the Somali people on a regular basis. This is
essential to involve and motivate them in the affairs of the State, which in turn is
essential for good governance, including obtaining their cooperation in many areas.
To facilitate communication with the people, good use should be made of the
sophisticated communications equipment reportedly received by UNPOS from New
York to raise public awareness in the constitution-making debate.
87.
An important confidence-building initiative of the Government should be the
establishment of a national human rights commission, in compliance with Paris
Principles, which has long been under consideration. Efforts must be made to consult
with and seek help from Puntland and Somaliland authorities, who have acquired
some experience in this regard.
88.
The Government should strengthen policy measures relating to human rights in
line with the road map of the universal periodic review, including the adoption of a
human rights action plan, improvement of the administration of justice and ensuring
human rights and international humanitarian law training for the security sector,
including the judiciary and police and armed forces.
89.
The Government should ratify the core human rights conventions, including
the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Convention on the Elimination of All
Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention on the Rights of Persons
with Disabilities, the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All
Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, the Rome Statute and the
Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the protocols thereto, to
demonstrate its commitment to human rights in all aspects of life.
90.
The Government should take advantage of the constitution-making process,
which offers an important opportunity to strengthen human rights protection by
enshrining fundamental rights as principles underpinning all provisions, including the
creation of an environment conducive to free debate, dialogue and reconciliation. The
Prime Minister must succeed in completing the process by August 2012, the date of
the end of the transition period. It is critical that Somalia have a Constitution by
broad consensus to open a new page of its history as a normal State.
91.
The amnesty law that the Transitional Federal Government intends to table for
adoption by the Parliament with regard to individuals who surrendered to
Government and AMISOM forces, and other similar situations in the future, must be
based on human rights and humanitarian law principles. As many of the deserters are
reportedly minors, help from UNICEF would be useful.
92.
The Government should consider appropriate measures to respond to the
report by WHO that 43 per cent of the 933 weapon-related injuries reported by the
three main Mogadishu hospitals in recent months were to children under five,
compared to 3.5 per cent in April. The measures should be aimed at reducing or
ending such occurrences in the shortest possible time.
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