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Establish a mechanism in order to systematically monitor human rights in the administration of justice and to organise human rights training courses for public officials.

Strengthen its efforts to promote self-reliance of the returned refugees and IDPs

Identify specific challenges confronting the country, prioritize them in line with the needs and aspirations of its citizens and then seek support from the international community to face these challenges in a systematic and verifiable manner.

Ensure that all allegations of civilian casualties resulting from military operations on its territory are properly investigated and the perpetrators held accountable.

Increase its efforts for the protection of civilians

Take timely and efficient measures to ensure that the national legal framework properly incorporates international standards and conventions, ratified by Afghanistan, pertaining to women's rights, for example CEDAW.

Give special regard to women and children and enhance their enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms.

Intensify the fight against impunity.

Step up its efforts to guarantee the right to education to all children and take effective measures to substantially increase the rate of attendance, particularly of the female population, in schools.

Guarantee free access to the media.

Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and establish its national preventive mechanism accordingly

Sign and ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture

Sign and ratify all the Optional Protocols to United Nations international covenants and conventions to guarantee the effective implementation of the rights protected in the agreements.

Enact a media law, in accordance with its international human rights obligations, and continue to professionalize its judiciary, pursue justice in cases of murdered journalists and ensure that the security forces and criminal courts do not punish journalists for controversial reporting, where such punishment has occurred, it is hoped that President Karzai will exercise his right to issue pardon

Elaborate a road map to improve prison conditions and to prevent mistreatment of prisoners.

Strengthen the judiciary and make it independent by training judges in order to guarantee effective implementation of the law.

Enact, with immediate effect, the new Media Law which could help to promote and protect freedom of expression

Launch public information campaigns and work with religious leaders to raise awareness of the legal rights for women and girls guaranteed in Afghanistan's Constitution, including the legal age for marriage.

Take urgent and radical measures regarding legislation which will allow a real improvement of the situation of women and will guarantee the respect of their human rights, including, in particular, the right to education.

Investigate thoroughly all acts of violence against women and defenders of women's rights and bring those responsible to justice.

Submit its delayed reports to the Committee against Torture.

Take extensive and timely steps to ensure the independence of the media free from intimidation and suppression, including through proper implementation of the media law passed in the fall of 2008.

Take promptly any necessary action to comply with any findings of the review of the draft Shia Personal Status Law with the Constitution.

Strengthen the capacity of the Government of Afghanistan to implement its national development strategy, particularly to achieve human rights benchmarks.

Pay greater attention to the respect for women's rights when adopting legislative measures and abrogate all discriminatory measures against women.

Enact, with immediate effect, the new Media Law passed by the Lower House of Parliament.

Include civil society and human rights defenders in the development of legislation and decision-making processes, through an institutionalized consultation process.

Investigate fully and effectively harassment and attacks on journalists and bring those responsible to justice.

Accelerate its efforts aimed at implementing its plans and programmes in order to better protect and promote human rights and fundamental freedoms.

Make better use of the Commission's work as a contribution to improving the rule of law.