A/HRC/RES/36/27 individuals from, inter alia, sexual and gender-based violence, and on the prevention of extrajudicial killings, and to strengthen internal and external accountability of all relevant security forces and institutions; (e) To increase the support and resources allocated to the ministries and institutions responsible for the administration of justice and the protection of human rights, particularly the Ministry for Women and Human Rights Development at the federal and State levels, the judiciary, the police, and correctional services; (f) To ensure the meaningful participation of women in public and political life and decision-making by ensuring that the electoral model for national elections in 2021 enables the increased representation of women, alongside elections at the federal Member State level; (g) To realize the commitment made at the London Somalia Conference to establish closer dialogue and cooperation with civil society, with representation of women, marginalized groups and persons with disabilities; (h) To promote reconciliation and dialogue at the federal, regional state and subnational levels, while recognizing the importance of the valuable assistance provided by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development; (i) To implement the media protection law to protect and uphold freedom of expression and a free media and to create a safe and enabling environment in which journalists and human rights defenders can operate free from hindrance and insecurity, to continue efforts to prohibit, prevent and protect against all kidnapping, killings, attacks, acts of intimidation against and harassment of journalists, to initiate timely, effective, impartial and transparent investigations into killings of journalists, and to prosecute all those responsible for unlawful acts in a manner that is in line with provisions in the media protection law and is consistent with other applicable domestic and international legal obligations; (j) To ensure the equitable participation of women, young people, members of minority groups and other marginalized groups in national political processes, and to establish skills development centres to empower women, young people and members of minority groups to participate; (k) To consider acceding to and ratifying the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide; (l) To finalize the review of and raise awareness about the new sexual offences bill, and to pass the bill into law and implement it and other laws as necessary to prevent sexual and gender-based violence; (m) To harmonize national and federal Member State-level political policies and legal frameworks with applicable human rights obligations and other commitments; (n) To treat former combatants in accordance with applicable obligations under domestic and international law, in particular international human rights law and international humanitarian law, as applicable; (o) To continue measures to implement the plans of action to prevent the unlawful recruitment and use of children in the Somalia national armed forces, and to work with specialist agencies, such as the United Nations Children’s Fund, to ensure that former child soldiers and children under 18 years of age used in armed conflict are treated as victims and rehabilitated in accordance with international standards; 4