5 CDL-AD(2013)019 2. Additional Recommendations K. To ensure that the Law foresees the monitoring of the implementation of its recommendations and proposals as part of the Higher Committee’s mandate; [par 22]; L. To specify in the Law that gender equality and women’s rights shall be mainstreamed into all human rights protection strategies; [par 25]; M. To outline specifically in the Law the need to maintain confidentiality of the identity and private life of complainants with regard to Government, the National Assembly or Parliament, and the public at all times; [par 26]; N. To set out in the Law the relationship between the Higher Committee and the President, National Assembly or Parliament, government, and other public institutions, while ensuring that such relationship will not compromise the Higher Committee’s independence; [par 28]; O. To include in the Law the obligation and deadlines for public institutions and state officials to cooperate with the Higher Committee in the conduct of its activities and investigations; [par 29]; P. To clarify in the Law that the role of the Higher Committee is to advise on and review official reports to be submitted to UN human rights bodies, rather than to draft them itself; [par 30]; Q. To set out in the Law that not the Chairman, but rather the Higher Committee as a whole shall be mandated to conduct inquiries and other tasks that are part of its mandate, including visiting places where people are deprived of their liberty, regularly, without prior notice and at a time of its choosing; [pars 33, 37 and 59]; R. To specify in the Law that visits to places where persons are deprived of their liberty shall aim to enforce both national laws, and relevant international standards; [par 33]; S. To state explicitly in the Law that meetings with persons deprived of their liberty, as well as all correspondence between them and the Higher Committee, shall be conducted privately and confidentially, without supervision; [par 34]; T. To foresee in the Law the possibility for the Higher Committee to issue independent findings and recommendations on how to solve problems and shortcomings identified during visits to facilities where persons are deprived of their liberty; [par 35]; U. If a separate national preventive mechanism is set up, to include in the Law a framework for effective cooperation between the Higher Committee and this body; [par 36] V. To extend the term of office of members of the Higher Committee to six years, without the possibility of renewal, to enhance independence of this office; [par 43]; W. To amend Article 8 of the Law so that the Chairman is elected by members of the Higher Committee from among the members of the Committee; [par 50]; X. To include in the Law a provision guaranteeing immunity for baggage, correspondence, and means of communication of the Higher Committee, as well as the general inviolability of property, documents and premises; [par 52]; Y. To specify in the Law that members of the Higher Committee shall not seek or receive instructions relating to the performance of duty from government, or any other public body or official; [par 53];

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