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Undertake concrete steps to guarantee the rights of women as enshrined in international conventions.

Recalling General Assembly Resolution 62-149, reinstate its moratorium on the death penalty with a view to its abolition.

Address the issue of the use of child labour in the country, while supporting and facilitating children's access to education, in particular in rural areas.

Re-introduce the death penalty moratorium which was broken in 2007, and take measures to adhere to the resolutions of the General Assembly in this regard.

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.

Investigate all cases of arbitrary and illegal detentions with all due diligence.

Take concrete measures to promote and protect the rights of women and children, in particular to facilitate their access to education and health as basic prerequisites for growth and development.

Ensure that State institutions and the judiciary uphold human rights and that new legislation does not contravene international human rights law.

Consider extending a standing invitation to all special procedures of the Human Rights Council.

Continue its efforts to put in place effective poverty reduction and health strategies, particularly to solve the problem of low life expectancy and high mortality rate.

Maintain its commitment in trying to meet human rights challenges it is facing and to ensure that the human rights of its citizens are fully protected.

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

Take all steps necessary to combat discrimination and violence against women, both in regards to legislation and awareness-raising to ensure that women are informed of their rights.

Make efforts to provide the resources, funding, personnel and authority necessary to implement the 2007 labour law that permits workers to join and form trade unions.

Stimulate those citizens with social influence, such as political leaders, journalists, artists and social elements with high visibility to increase society's awareness of human rights.

Foster a genuine culture of human rights in line with national and regional particularities as well as cultural, historical and religious backgrounds

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

Consider, when possible, to gradually increase financial resources allocated to the budget of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission.

Continue its reconstruction efforts in cooperation with the international community, in accordance with national priorities reflected in the Afghanistan National Development Strategy

Strengthen and support the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission so that it discharges its mandate in the most effective manner.

Continue its positive engagement with OHCHR and other United Nations agencies to fully realize the targets that it has set for itself, especially on children and women's rights.

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

Take further efforts to ensure that the status of freedom of expression is brought into line with international obligations

Continue to exercise its sovereign right of implementing its laws and legislation, including on the death penalty, in conformity with the universally agreed human rights standards and norms.

Undertake appropriate measures to further improve the condition of detainees in prisons as stipulated in the United Nations standard minimum rules for the treatment of prisoners.

Continue with its very constructive and transparent steps and efforts taken to improve the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms situation in all areas and implement effectively the extremely important recommendations contained in the national report.

Impose a moratorium on the use of the death penalty as a step towards its full abolition.

Commute all existing death sentences and re-introduce a moratorium on executions with a view to the abolition of the death penalty.

Submit its delayed reports to the Committee against Torture.

Continue to fight corruption at all levels and to accede to relevant international and regional instruments in this regard.