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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Increase its efforts for the protection of civilians

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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 promote self-reliance of the returned refugees and IDPs

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.

Establish a human rights unit within the Ministry of Justice.

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

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.

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.

Guarantee free access to the media.

Take all necessary measures to prevent further civilian casualties by foreign military forces in Afghanistan.

Take further steps to protect the human rights of those who live in rural areas where respect for basic human rights, especially with regard to women and children, remains impeded under customary law.

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

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

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.

Ensure that the law enforcement agencies fully observe the legal mechanism and comply with human rights principles, such as the right of the accused and suspects, in the course of carrying out their duties.