A/HRC/45/CRP.7 (m) Ensure the right of women and girls to equal enjoyment of rights, including freedom of movement, freedom of speech, the right to political participation; as well as ensuring the proper recognition and protection of those advocating for gender equality and rights of persons with non-conforming sexual orientation and/or gender identity; (n) Conduct a campaign of awareness raising in relation to gender and the equal rights of men and women and persons with non-conforming sexual orientation and/or gender identity; (o) Strengthen the capacities of police, prosecutors and the judiciary in relation to addressing gender based violence, including sexual violence; (p) Respect and protect the rights to freedom of expression and belief, and movement, and other fundamental rights and freedoms, and ensure that journalists and human rights defenders have free and unfettered access to all parts of Yemen, and can conduct their activities without harassment or being subjected to arbitrary detention or legal proceedings in violation of international human rights; (q) Cease and prevent the recruitment and use of children in the armed conflict; further ensure the demobilisation and effective disarmament of boys and girls recruited or used in hostilities, and the release of those captured; implement effective programmes for their rehabilitation, physical and psychological recovery, and reintegration into society; (r) Adopt all necessary implementing measures to ensure the respect of minimum age for recruitment in armed forces and groups. Establish an effective age verification system of new recruits, seeking international assistance as necessary. Where an individual’s age is in doubt (e.g. lack of identity documents or forged documents), that person should not be recruited; (s) Intensify mapping, marking and fencing of mined areas and demining efforts across Yemen; (t) Strengthen local organisations’ and international NGOs’ capacity for monitoring human rights and humanitarian law violations, including genderbased violence and violations of children’s rights; (u) Cooperate fully with the Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts; (v) Cooperate fully with the National Commission of Inquiry to investigate allegations of violations and abuses committed by all parties to the conflict in Yemen; (w) Support reform of the justice system to ensure impartial and independent administration of justice, including addressing issues associated with the recruitment and tenure of judges, corruption and gender-bias within the justice system; (x) Work to end impunity and ensure full accountability for violations of international human rights law, international humanitarian law, and crimes under international law by pursuing all credible allegations of such violations, abuses, and crimes through prompt, effective and thorough, credible, independent and impartial gender-sensitive investigations, bringing perpetrators to account in line with international human rights norms and standards; include a specific focus on the investigation, prosecution and punishment of direct perpetrators and their superiors for acts of gender-based violence and grave violations against children; specifically ensure investigations are conducted into the allegations raised in the reports of the Group of Eminent Experts; (y) Adopt a comprehensive policy and package of measures regarding the fulfilment of the right to reparation of victims of serious human rights and humanitarian law violations and abuses. Ensure that all reparations schemes are designed in collaboration with victims and are designed and implemented in a 109

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