A/HRC/RES/45/27 (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 6

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