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Enact legislation and take effective measures to protect and promote women's rights, especially with regard to forced marriages, honour killings and access to education for all girls.

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.

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.

Investigate all allegations with respect to torture and inhuman and degrading treatment by Afghan National Police and the National Directorate of Security.

Submit its first periodic report without further delay and ensure full implementation of CEDAW and other international human rights conventions to which Afghanistan is a party.

Provide and improve training programmes on human rights for the judiciary, law enforcement personnel and lawyers.

Establish a human rights unit within the Ministry of Justice.

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.

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.

Give priority to achieving the objectives set by its national development strategy and in particular its commitment to ensure that women take, at minimum, 35 per cent of places in professional training programmes and 20 per cent of vacant posts.

Strengthen its efforts to ensure access to education - and to health care - for all its citizens, including those with disabilities, regardless of ethnicity, religion, tribal affiliation or economic status.

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

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

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.

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.

Move swiftly to pass its new Media Law.

Ensure closure of secret and illegal jails and review conditions in all prison and detention facilities with the aim of ensuring their compliance with the Minimum Standard of Treatment of Prisoners and provide effective procedural safeguards against arbitrary detention.

Ensure human rights and international humanitarian law education for all security forces and prison and judicial personnel and adopt further measures to ensure their full accountability for any violations of these

Prepare as a matter of priority a transparent and well-administered system of rules for verifying candidates' eligibility, in close connection with the assessment of the disarmament process and the strengthening of the capacity of the Electoral Complaints Committee.