A/HRC/21/61 99. The Independent Expert urges the Government to make special efforts to ensure that law enforcement and other Government bodies are properly trained and strictly ordered to ensure respect for human rights and human dignity in their dealings with the Somali people. Their success in this regard would spur international support for such initiatives. 100. The Independent Expert urges the Government to investigate all targeted killings and assassination attempts against journalists and human rights defenders, as well as against Members of Parliament, Government ministers, other senior officials and ordinary citizens. 101. The Independent Expert urges the Government to use existing laws rather than emergency decrees to prosecute and try civilians for criminal offences in liberated areas, as has been alleged in recent times. It should make a clear separation between the jurisdiction of exceptional military courts and regular civilian tribunals and courts of justice. 102. The Government should adhere to its commitment not to recruit children for military activities. A credible and verifiable mechanism to check compliance must be established. 103. The Government should pay particular attention to the education and health needs of the population, which have been badly affected during the entire crisis. This is an area where the international community would be keen to support any committed effort of the Government. 104. The Independent Expert urges the Government to implement the recommendations accepted during the universal periodic review, in particular those relating to the promotion of women’s rights and to addressing violence against women. It should also pay special attention to all other recommendations made by the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences.6 105. The Independent Expert urges the Government to ratify all core human rights instruments to which it is not yet a party. 106. The Government should consider paying special attention to improving the judicial and correctional sectors, as many years of neglect have seriously affected their quality and capacity. The absence of mechanisms to bring perpetrators to justice and to hold them accountable has contributed to the prevalence of a culture of impunity, which is a scourge that should be removed from Somali society. It is equally important that the appalling detention conditions seen all over Somalia be improved. B. Somaliland 107. The Independent Expert urges the Somaliland authorities to secure for all its citizens the right to freedom of opinion and expression in accordance with fundamental principles set forth in the Constitution of Somaliland. Anyone held in detention should be brought before a court and charged in accordance with the law, or released. Family members of detainees should be informed of their whereabouts and permitted to visit them in detention. 108. The use of force, including lethal force, by Somaliland security forces in the Sool, Sanaag and Cayn regions must comply with human rights standards. The 6 18 See A/HRC/20/16/Add.3.