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(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.
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