29.
The AU and States should develop lasting solutions to addressing the problem of long-term refugees and
provide financial support to Member States that are hosting large refugee populations; and
30.
The AU should expedite the implementation of the Common African Position (CAP) on Humanitarian
Effectiveness, in line with the New York Declaration on Refugees and Migrants of 16 September 2016,
towards providing States with the necessary support in the management of humanitarian crises.
D. Prevention of Torture:
31.
States should adopt specific anti-torture legislation, which takes account of the gendered impact of acts of
torture and other ill-treatment on women whether perpetrated by individuals in their official or private
capacities, and also take the necessary measures to ensure effective implementation of anti-torture
legislation;
32.
States should ensure full redress for victims/survivors of torture, including restitution, compensation,
rehabilitation, satisfaction and guarantees of non-repetition, with the victims/survivors participating in the
decision-making process;
33.
States should address impunity by holding perpetrators of acts of torture and other ill-treatment accountable;
34.
States should ensure that culture is not used as an excuse or justification for the torture or other ill-treatment
of women, and practices such as female genital mutilation and wicked widowhood should be outlawed and
sanctioned;
35.
States should put in place effective national preventive measures which may be made operational through
National Preventive Mechanisms or other independent bodies such as National Human Rights Institutions;
36.
States should put in place systematic education, training and sensitization targeting judicial, medical and
security personnel, and other relevant actors on the gendered impact of acts of torture and other illtreatment, such as gender-based violence; and
37.
International, regional and sub-regional agencies, National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs), and CSOs
should support States to implement obligations that ensure eradication of torture and other ill-treatment
generally and specifically in relation to women.
E. Economic, Social and Cultural Rights:
38.
States should adopt legislation, policies and programmes to ensure women’s full enjoyment of economic,
social and cultural rights enshrined in the African Charter;
39.
States should reform land tenure legislation to enable women to own and inherit land, introduce and
implement sustainable measures to ensure women have access to water and include women in decision
making processes on water and land issues; and
40.
States, NHRIs and CSOs are encouraged to intensify awareness around land and water rights of women,
and join the campaign to enable women and girls to have access to land and water.
F. Prisons, Conditions of Detention and Policing in Africa:
41.
States should dedicate additional resources to prisons and places of detention, renovate old prisons, build
more prisons and implement the Revised Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the
Mandela Rules) as well as the UN Rules for the Treatment of Women and Non-Custodial Sanctions (the
Bangkok Rules);