A/HRC/36/64 (b) Urges them to respect peacekeeping forces and the staff and property of humanitarian organizations and to allow rapid channelling of humanitarian aid. Targeted attacks on humanitarian staff and resources may be considered war crimes; (c) Recommends that they immediately stop recruiting child soldiers and free all those who are still in their ranks. 108. The Independent Expert recommends that MINUSCA: (a) Continue to respond firmly to any attempt to plunge the Central African Republic back into a new chapter of the conflict; continue to advocate for its military forces, in particular its special forces, to be strengthened and review its strategy for protecting civilians in the light of the increase in the number of areas where violence occurs; deploy its resources in sensitive areas and in areas to which the armed groups could spread; assist the national authorities in taking steps to arrest those principally responsible for violations of international humanitarian law and human rights; (b) Strengthen its good offices and political support for efforts to achieve a ceasefire, a political agreement that respects human rights and a reduction in the influence of the armed groups through various forms of mediation and through programmes on disarmament, demobilization and reintegration and the reform of the security sector; (c) Strengthen the activities of the civilian components of MINUSCA in the area of preventing violence with a view to providing preventative protection for civilians, with a particular focus on vulnerable populations; draw up joint plans of action on warning mechanisms and in the area of capacity-building with the aim of supporting the restoration of the rule of law; increase its support for national and local actors working to build social cohesion through its programme to finance quickimpact projects and other development programmes; (d) promptly; Make every effort to enable the Special Criminal Court to begin its work (e) Build on institutional progress in the area of human rights by strengthening the capacity of civil society, the National Commission on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and the National Committee for the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity and All Other Forms of Discrimination by providing training in reporting and by making meetings and joint monitoring, prevention and protection activities sustainable. 109. Addressing the international community, the Independent Expert: (a) Welcomes the efforts already made and encourages renewed vigilance in the face of fresh outbreaks of violence and the risks of increasing destabilization; calls on all stakeholders to strive to achieve an end to hostilities and enable priority programmes under the National Recovery and Peacebuilding Plan to be implemented; (b) long term; Encourages it to continue to support the Special Criminal Court in the (c) Urges it to mobilize to avert the impending humanitarian crisis by financing the Humanitarian Response Plan 2017-2018; (d) Recommends that it strengthen its commitment to the negotiation efforts between the Government and the armed groups initiated by multilateral organizations, the African Union and the group of friends of the Central African Republic to promote peace while respecting the values emerging from the Bangui Forum and enshrined in the Constitution, in particular the need for justice; encourages it to support the involvement of women in negotiations, in line with Security Council resolution 1325 (2000); (e) Encourages it to support the reform of the security sector by training and equipping national security forces that can protect all sections of the Central African population; 18 GE.17-12914