A/HRC/RES/58/30 law, to put a stop to these practices, to implement sustainable reintegration and rehabilitation programmes that take the gender perspective into account, and to adopt the law on the protection of the child; 12. Also encourages the Malian transitional authorities to put in place appropriate measures to comply with the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict and, in particular, to strengthen measures for the further implementation of the Protocol on the Release and Handover of Children Associated with Armed Forces and Groups signed by the United Nations and the Government of Mali in 2013, and to strengthen the training programmes of the Malian Defence and Security Forces in this regard, and calls upon partners to support the Malian transitional authorities in order to ensure better access to justice and to social, medical and psychosocial services for all survivors of sexual and gender-based violence; 13. Calls upon the Malian transitional authorities to bring all perpetrators of violations and abuses of human rights and violations of international humanitarian law before the competent courts, and urges the transitional authorities to intensify their efforts to combat impunity; 14. Urges the Malian transitional authorities to ensure that measures taken to promote national understanding are developed in an inclusive manner, and welcomes the establishment of a national reconciliation week; 15. Strongly condemns the summary executions of individuals, encourages the transitional authorities to see through to completion the judicial investigations that have been opened and those that are forthcoming in order to bring to justice those responsible for these serious human rights violations, and welcomes the holding in 2023 and 2024 of special trial sessions to try, in particular, crimes of terrorism, transnational organized crimes and offences related to economic and financial crime, and the trial of several cases of offences within their jurisdiction by military courts; 16. Welcomes the implementation of the reparations policy, in particular the operationalization of the Authority for the Management of Reparations for the Victims of the Crises in Mali, including victims of serious human rights violations, the appointment of the members of the Steering Committee and the Permanent Secretary of the Authority, and the holding of the fourth session of the Steering Committee on 13 December 2024; 17. Encourages the Malian transitional authorities and all regional and international actors to continue their efforts to establish peace and security in Mali; 18. Notes the efforts of the Malian transitional authorities to restore State authority and the rule of law throughout the country; 19. Calls upon all parties to respect human rights and to ensure strict compliance with international human rights law and international humanitarian law; 20. Welcomes the efforts made by the transitional authorities with a view to the effective return of the administration, particularly the judiciary, and basic social services in the centre and north of the country, and urges the transitional authorities to work to restore the conditions required to ensure an acceptable level of security; 21. Notes the will of the Transitional Government of Mali to ensure a return to constitutional order through the organization of fair, free, transparent, inclusive and credible presidential elections, and urges it to communicate the timetable for these elections; 22. Encourages the Malian transitional authorities to strengthen cooperation with the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Mali in the fulfilment of the mandate entrusted to him, and calls upon the transitional authorities to implement his recommendations; 23. Decides to extend the mandate of Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Mali for a period of one year in order to permit the mandate holder to continue to evaluate the situation of human rights in Mali and to provide his assistance in ensuring the promotion, protection and implementation of human rights and strengthening the rule of law; 4 GE.25-05559