A/HRC/10/71 page 14 gender concerns and ensure that justice for gender-based crimes during the conflict is realized. Norway further recommended that Burundi (b) consider issuing an invitation to the Special Rapporteur on violence against women. 62. Mexico commended progress made, particularly the efforts for the consolidation of peace and good governance, thanks to programmes and projects carried out in conjunction with the United Nations. Mexico welcomed the ceasefire of 2006, the Government’s human rights commission and the Centre for the Promotion of Human Rights and the Prevention of Genocide. Mexico recommended (a) the establishment of a moratorium with a view to the abolition of the death penalty and that consideration be given to ratifying the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Welcoming the bill for the reform of the Criminal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure, it recommended (b) speeding up their approval with a view to criminalizing acts of torture and conferring on victims compulsory State assistance; such assistance should provide proper redress, including adequate compensation for victims of torture, or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. Mexico recommended that Burundi (c) seriously consider ratifying the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture, (d) all cases of rape and other forms of sexual violence be investigated in an expeditious, effective and impartial manner by an independent body and that all accused be prosecuted, and that Burundi (e) consider speedy ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the Optional Protocol thereto, and the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. 63. Malaysia encouraged Burundi (a) to expedite the necessary process to enable the establishment of the proposed independent human rights commission. Malaysia recommended that Burundi (b) consider adopting a comprehensive strategy to combat all forms of violence against women and enact legislation on domestic and all forms of gender-based violence. Malaysia noted that more effective measures needed to be taken against trafficking in women. Malaysia noted the great progress made in promoting and protecting children’s rights. It recommended that Burundi continue to take further appropriate measures to improve the situation of children, in particular children victims of war, children living and/or working in the streets, minors in prison and AIDS orphans. 64. Chile urged Burundi to continue the fight against poverty, welcomed steps taken regarding torture, and hoped that similar steps will be reproduced with respect to violence against women. Chile recommended that Burundi (a) implement, as speedily as possible, the legal, political and ministerial initiatives to eradicate the practice of torture and other forms of ill-treatment by State officials. These initiatives include an explicit denunciation of such acts by State authorities; the establishment of a national authority with the powers necessary to investigate cases of torture independently and to bring them before the courts; and strict regulation of police and security forces; (b) include the content of the Convention against Torture in its legislation; (c) establish a machinery to compensate victims of torture; and (d) establish independent machinery which can document, investigate and process cases of rape, and facilitate the end of impunity. Chile also recommended that (e) rape be addressed as a crime and noted that traditional practices of compensation between the family of the perpetrators and the victims are inconsistent with human rights standards. Chile further recommended that Burundi (f) ensure that the courts effectively apply penalties to those responsible for rape with a focus on police and State officials; and (g) decriminalize same-sex relations between consenting adults.