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issued by the International Criminal Court and by combating impunity
domestically, inter alia through the adoption of legislation implementing
the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and by giving
positive injunction for priority to be given to the prosecution of alleged
perpetrators of war crimes and crimes against humanity regardless of
their hierarchical rank;
(b)
(viii)
Allocate adequate resources to the penitentiary system, inter alia to
guarantee food and health care supplies and their equal distribution
among prisoners and detainees and to enable prison officials to maintain
rigorous records of the charges pending against individual detainees and
the sentences to be carried out by prisoners;
(ix)
Clarify charges against persons held in pre-trial detention; release those
who are detained solely for their opinions, for their belonging to
opposition parties or for civil matters beyond the scope of national and
international criminal law; provide expeditious judicial review for all
others;
(x)
Encourage and enable public dialogue and scrutiny in order to ensure the
sustainability and advancement of the democratic process;
(xi)
Increase efforts to combat sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of
the Congo, inter alia through the recently adopted Comprehensive
Strategy to Combat Sexual Violence in the Democratic Republic of the
Congo.
The international community:
(i)
Strengthen its efforts to assist the Government o f the Democratic
Republic of the Congo in carrying out comprehensive and sustainable
reforms of the justice and security sectors, including through the
implementation of a transitional justice strategy based on the
recommendations of the OHCHR-led Mapping Exercise of human rights
violations;
(ii)
Encourage and assist the Congolese authorities in controlling resources
derived from the extractive industry and other business activities, inter
alia by refraining from participation in the illegal exploitation of
Congolese natural resources and by holding accountable state and
non-state actors involved in such illegal exploitation and trade;
(iii)
Avoid implication in military operations likely to have a detrimental effect
on the human rights situation in conflict zones, inter alia by encouraging a
reorientation of peacekeeping activities towards the protection of the
civilian population on the basis of lessons learnt from past atrocities;
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