A/HRC/28/68/Add.4 (c) Ensure the separation of juveniles on remand from adults, in compliance with international standards; (d) Provide additional training to the judiciary and officials of the Office of the Attorney-General so that bail other alternatives to detention are considered for children in conflict with the law, and ensure that imprisonment is only used as an exceptional measure. 115. With regard to women, the Government should: (a) Ensure that female inmates are protected from all gender-based violence and sexual harassment; (b) Uphold the United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders (the Bangkok Rules) and implement alternative measures, especially for women who are pregnant or have dependents; (c) Prohibit the harmful practice of female genital mutilation by urging the National Assembly to pass the Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation Bill, 2012 and take the necessary steps to ensure that this law, the Domestic Violence Act and the Sexual Offences Act are fully implemented to help eradicate gender-based violence. 116. With regard to mental care and psychiatric institutions, the Government should: (a) Expedite the consultations regarding the draft disability act and ensure that it contains the requisite legal framework to apply the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; (b) Regulate and supervise health-care practices, with a view to preventing ill-treatment, and investigate and prosecute cases of alleged inhumane practices. 117. With regard to regional and international mechanisms, the Government should: (a) Formulate a national action plan to prioritize and implement the recommendations of the universal periodic review; (b) Implement the present recommendations and those contained in the report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions (A/HRC/29/37/Add.2); (c) Implement resolutions 134 (2008) and 145 (2009) of the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights and comply with and implement expeditiously the judgements of the Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States; (d) Allow unrestricted and full access to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights if it decides to send an investigation team, as requested by the Government, to assist with the investigation of the Manneh and Hydara cases. 118. With regard to assistance by regional and international mechanisms, the Government could consider: (a) Inviting the Special Rapporteur on Prisons and Conditions of Detention of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights to follow up on the present report; 23

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