A/HRC/45/32 (m) To take measures to effectively combat economic misfeasance, in particular by ensuring transparency, competition and the establishment of objective and pre-established criteria for the awarding of government contracts, as well as an effective system of domestic remedies, and to investigate allegations of cases of ill-gotten gains; (n) To become a party to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative and to implement the related standards; (o) To systematically publish the annual budget, as implemented; (p) To ensure that senior political and administrative officials systematically make a public declaration of their assets upon taking office and at the end of their term. 103. The Commission recommends that opposition rebel groups refrain from violence. 104. For the international community, in keeping with its duty of vigilance, the Commission has the following recommendations: (a) To maintain an independent international mechanism that can objectively monitor the human rights situation in Burundi, including through the monitoring of risk factors and the implementation of the Commission’s recommendations; (b) To base the resumption of international cooperation with Burundi and the lifting of sanctions on tangible progress in the area of human rights and the fight against impunity and corruption; (c) To ensure that refugees are not forced to return to Burundi until conditions in the country are favourable and to request free access to returnees to assess their situation; (d) To support civil society organizations active in the field of human rights in Burundi, in particular for investigations and public reporting. 105. The Commission recommends that States and international organizations funding international development assistance programmes strengthen their procedures to minimize the risk of misappropriation of funds and systematically investigate allegations that they receive in order to ensure that such assistance is fully utilized for the intended purposes and to the benefit of the intended beneficiaries. 106. To the United Nations system, including its agencies, the Commission makes the following recommendations: (a) In accordance with the human rights due diligence policy, to provide support only when there are guarantees that those who are to benefit from it are not perpetrators of serious human rights violations, either individually or institutionally, and not to provide such support when there have been credible allegations in this regard or when the competent authorities fail to take the necessary corrective or mitigating measures; (b) To strengthen support for the response to sexual and gender-based violence in order to better address the specific needs of victims, including among refugees. GE.20-10689 19