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(n)
To prioritize the enactment of legislation and to undertake reforms that respect,
protect and fulfil women’s and girls’ full enjoyment of all human rights, and to allow for
response to and the prevention and elimination of all forms of violence and discrimination
against all women and girls, including by adopting a zero-tolerance approach to sexual and
gender-based violence, child, early and forced marriage and all forms of female genital
mutilation, while ensuring that those responsible for sexual and gender-based violence,
exploitation and abuse are held to account, regardless of their status or rank;
(o)
To continue to acknowledge the importance of inclusive dialogue and local
reconciliation processes for stability in Somalia, and calls upon the Federal Government and
the Federal Member States to increase leadership and engagement in de-escalating tensions
and engage in constructive dialogue;
(p)
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, including by fully funding the Joint Programme on Human Rights, which is a key
vehicle for fulfilling the human rights commitments of Somalia, as well as the judiciary, the
police and correctional services;
(q)
To consider acceding to and ratifying the Convention on the Elimination of All
Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Convention on the Prevention and
Punishment of the Crime of Genocide;
(r)
To realize the commitments it made at the Global Disability Summit,
particularly by enacting a national disability bill in accordance with the Convention on the
Rights of Persons with Disabilities and in consultation with organizations of persons with
disabilities, and by finalizing the establishment of a national disability agency;
(s)
To encourage Parliament to hold a first reading of the original Sexual Offences
Bill approved by the Cabinet and to ensure that any bill passed into law reflects international
obligations and commitments on the protection of all women and children, and girls in
particular, and to implement it and other laws as necessary to prevent sexual and genderbased violence;
(t)
To harmonize national and federal Member State-level political policies and
legal frameworks with applicable human rights obligations and other commitments;
(u)
To treat former combatants in accordance with applicable obligations under
national and international law, in particular international human rights law and international
humanitarian law;
(v)
To implement the Declaration on Durable Solutions for Somali Refugees and
the Reintegration of Returnees in Somalia, adopted in Nairobi on 25 March 2017;
(w) To promote the well-being and protection of all internally displaced persons,
including from sexual and gender-based violence, and also from exploitation and abuse
committed by State or international military or civilian personnel, to facilitate the voluntary
reintegration or return of all internally displaced persons, including the most vulnerable, in
safety and with dignity, to ensure a fully consultative process and best practices for
relocations, and to provide sites that afford safe access to essential food and potable water,
basic shelter and housing, appropriate clothing and essential medical services and sanitation;
(x)
To ensure safe, timely, sustained and unhindered access for humanitarian
organizations, to recognize the acute vulnerability of internally displaced persons, to facilitate
safe, timely, sustained and unimpeded humanitarian access to people in need, wherever they
are in Somalia, and to safeguard the neutrality, impartiality and independence of
humanitarian actors from political, economic and military interference, while remaining
sensitive to the needs of persons belonging to ethnic minorities requiring humanitarian
assistance;
(y)
To consider primarily as victims those children who have been released or
otherwise separated from armed forces and armed groups in accordance with the Principles
and Guidelines on Children Associated with Armed Forces or Armed Groups, which have
been endorsed by the Federal Government of Somalia, and to cease detaining all children on
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