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of the Commission to receive complaints of violations against children’s rights, and
undertake institutional interventions;
(d)
Conduct further consultations with the public and civil society in order
to finalize the draft Juvenile Justice Law and the draft Law on Special Criminal
Procedures in accordance with international human rights principles, and finalize the
adoption of the Children’s Code and child protection legislation, regulating adoption,
foster care and institutional care for children;
(e)
Provide timely responses to the recommendations of the Provedor for
Human Rights and Justice, as required by law, and implement its recommendations.
A higher degree of financial independence should be afforded to the Provedor in
order to ensure its compliance with the principles relating to the status of national
institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights (Paris Principles);
(f)
Expedite the passage of the draft Law on Reparations and the draft Law
on a Memorial Institution, both of which are currently before Parliament;
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With regard to improving access to justice, education, health and land rights:
(a)
Redouble efforts to tackle domestic and gender-based violence, including
by improving the implementation of the Law against Domestic Violence and the Law
on the Protection of Witnesses, and increasing resource allocation to the Vulnerable
Persons Unit of the National Police;
(b)
Ensure a broad legal aid-delivery model in implementing the newly
adopted Law on Access to the Courts (2011) that will guarantee legal aid in all
districts;
(c)
Amend the transitional provisions of the Law on the Juridical Regime
Governing the Private Legal Profession and Lawyers Training in order to extend the
time frame for completion of the training course by at least two years and allow parttime enrolments;
(d)
Ensure that all legislation, draft legislation and other legal documents
are widely available at least in both Portuguese and Tetum and that interpretation
services in Portuguese and Tetum, as well as regional languages, are available in all
districts and in the Prosecution Office and the Public Defenders Office;
(e)
Ensure that the absence of proficiency in either of the two official
languages does not impair the enjoyment of any human rights;
(f)
Expand the coverage and quality of health-care services, goods and
facilities, focusing on addressing intra- and inter-district differences, capacity
development of health workers, and maternal health care;
(g)
Ensure that the Integrated Community Health Services are staffed with
trained professionals and that adequate budgetary, logistical and infrastructure
resources are allocated in a timely fashion;
(h)
Commit sufficient resources to the implementation of the National
Mental Health Policy and the Community-Based Rehabilitation Strategy;
(i)
Consider human rights impacts prior to the initiation of any project that
could result in displacement, with a view to preventing forced evictions and fully
securing the human rights of all potentially affected persons, groups and
communities;
(j)
Ensure that the international human rights legal framework relevant to
evictions is reflected in the new land laws.
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