A/HRC/28/48 (d) Cease all attacks from and in civilian locations, including public roads, markets, restaurants, civilian homes, consulates, civilian government offices, including courthouses; (e) Apply a definition of “civilian(s)” that is consistent with international humanitarian law and prevent civilian casualties through compliance with international humanitarian law, including the principles of distinction, proportionality and precautions in the context of attacks; (f) Enforce codes of conduct, instructions and directives ordering members to prevent and avoid civilian casualties and hold accountable those members who target, kill and injure civilians; (g) Cease practices carried out by parallel judicial structures that impose unlawful punishments such as killing, amputation, mutilation and beatings. 59. The international community should: (a) Consider increasing support to the Government for the implementation of programmes on the elimination of violence against women, including implementation of the recommendations the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women made in July 2013; and implement a joint monitoring framework that includes specific indicators to enable increased funding to be linked to measurable results on the elimination of violence against women; (b) Continue to support the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission and speak out against any interference, security threat or political pressure that might compromise its independence or effectiveness; (c) Maintain support to Afghan National Security Forces to ensure they are sufficiently resourced, trained and equipped to command, control and effectively conduct operations to counter and dispose of improvised explosive devices, including exploitation, in 2015/16; (d) Continue efforts to mark and clear (including surface and subsurface clearance) unexploded ordnance from all international military bases and firing ranges that have closed since the onset of International Security Assistance Force operations; (e) Establish a mechanism within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Resolute Support Mission and Afghan National Security Forces that communicates the suspected presence of unexploded ordnance from aerial and ground operations to appropriate authorities, and ensure the marking and clearance of suspect hazardous areas; (f) Continue to conduct post-operation reviews and investigations in cooperation with the Government where civilian casualties have occurred in operations that involved international security or intelligence forces, and continue to take appropriate steps to ensure accountability and compensation, as well as better operational practice; (g) Ensure that any assistance to Afghan institutions implicated in torture or ill-treatment produces concrete and measurable results to improve oversight and accountability, particularly in preventing, prohibiting and punishing the use of torture. 18

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