A/HRC/36/64 (g) To expedite the process of restoring State authority by deploying public officials in every prefecture and to ensure that such officials are representative in terms of their ethnicity, religious affiliation and sex; (h) To continue to tackle the major issues at the national level, namely, disarmament, demobilization, reintegration and repatriation, the reform of the security sector and the National Recovery and Peacebuilding Plan, effective action on which requires sustained and concerted resolve and commitment on the part of all State actors, notwithstanding the support of the international community; and to continue to advocate for and take steps to expedite the process of reconstituting trained and equipped national security forces, as part of the reform of the security sector; (i) To promote economic recovery initiatives by approving and launching highly labour-intensive projects across the country and to develop community-level entrepreneurship and projects designed to occupy young people and keep them from becoming involved in conflict; (j) To develop an effective strategy to combat, and provide protection against, the plundering of natural resources, including by securing roads and production areas, and to punish traffickers, where necessary; (k) To strengthen advocacy and action to ensure a humanitarian response that is in line with the urgent needs for assistance and protection of populations affected by fresh outbreaks of violence, in particular displaced persons and refugees; and to create the necessary conditions, in those areas where it can be done, to enable voluntary and sustainable return and reintegration, taking into account the exercise of the right to property and goods; (l) To define urgently a strategy and road map for transitional justice that take account of economic crimes; to obtain and disseminate the report of the Mapping Project, to launch preparatory activities for possible transitional justice mechanisms and to set up the technical committee responsible for establishing a truth and reconciliation commission; (m) To support civil society actors working for peaceful coexistence, conflict prevention and resolution, and human rights; to evaluate and build capacity and resources for prevention and peaceful resolution of conflicts through traditional mechanisms; and to support local peace and reconciliation committees and replicate them within the country; (n) To establish the new National Commission on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms as soon as possible, to provide it with the necessary resources and to ensure its independence; (o) To strengthen initiatives to protect children and, in particular, initiatives to benefit young people removed from the armed groups; (p) To take urgent steps to ensure that persons with disabilities are protected and have access to basic services, help and support; (q) To operationalize the joint rapid response unit to combat sexual violence against women and children as soon as possible; and to support local health dispensaries by pursuing a policy of access to essential care and by equipping those centres. 107. Addressing the armed groups, the Independent Expert: (a) Urges them to cease immediately all hostilities and attacks against civilians, to respect the peace agreements that they themselves have signed and to respect the rights of civilian populations, in particular the rights to life, security and physical integrity. Sexual violence is a serious human rights violation, and every rape committed during or in connection with an armed conflict constitutes a war crime that must not go unpunished; GE.17-12914 17

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