A/HRC/45/32 181. Maintain, in the absence of any improvement in the human rights situation in Burundi, the individual sanctions and the suspension of direct aid to the Government; 182. Provide technical assistance inter alia in respect to autopsies, exhumations and identification of bodies, to enable the Burundian to conduct credible and independent investigations; 183. Support the establishment of specialized medical and psychosocial services, especially for victims of torture and sexual violence; 184. Support Burundian authorities in any judicial and security sector reform endeavors that they might wish to undertake in order to improve the human rights situation. 8. The African Union should: 185. Retake the lead in seeking a lasting solution to the crisis in Burundi based on respect for human rights and rejection of impunity, as provided for in its Constitutive Act, and play an active role in that process; 186. Ensure that no agent of the Burundian State who is accused of human rights violations or international crimes is recruited for African Union peacekeeping missions; 187. Ensure that the full complement of African Union human rights observers and military experts is deployed rapidly in Burundi; 188. Consider, in the event that the current situation in Burundi persists, the application of Article 4 (h) of the Constitutive Act of the African Union, under which it is authorized to intervene in a member State in certain circumstances, particularly in the event of crimes against humanity. 9. The East African Community should: 189. Ensure that a rapid improvement of the human rights situation is a priority in its mediation efforts. 10. The guarantors of the 2000 Arusha Agreement, in their capacity as committed proponents of a lasting peace in Burundi, should: 190. Meet with a view to finding a lasting solution to the political and human rights crisis in Burundi. GE.20-10689 45

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