A/HRC/56/CRP.8 • Facilitate humanitarian access for the delivery of aid and ensure access to all regions, regardless of which groups are dominant in the area; and • Ensure accountability for all perpetrators of sexual and gender-based violence and other human rights violations against women, children, and LGBT people. 239. The Special Rapporteur recommends that the National Unity Government, the National Unity Consultative Council, ethnic resistance organizations, and regional, state, and local governance bodies: • Seize the present unprecedented opportunity to enshrine the rights of women, girls, and LGBT people in policies, laws, and transitional processes that will shape the future of Myanmar, with the leadership of women and LGBT leaders and in consultation with rights groups • Ensure women and LGBT leaders of all ethnic groups, including Rohingya, are included and empowered in all political discussions related to the resolution of the present crisis and Myanmar’s future • Enact meaningful policies ensuring the political participation of women and LGBT people in all levels of decision-making, including in departments and committees where women are underrepresented • Urgently undertake necessary reforms and available measures to protect all people from sexual and gender-based violence and advance accountability for perpetrators of such violence, including those in armed groups, by: • Developing and enforcing laws and policies that prohibit sexual and genderbased violence • Ensuring that reports of alleged sexual and gender-based violence in territories under the resistance’s control are addressed through credible investigations, fair trials, and appropriate penalties, such as imprisonment and dismissal • Providing armed resistance groups with mandatory, in-depth training on sexual and gender-based violence • Providing local village administrators, security personnel, and justice actors with training on gender-sensitivity and sexual and gender-based violence • Establishing clear, accessible, safe, and survivor-centric mechanisms to report incidents of sexual and gender-based violence to the appropriate authorities for investigation, prosecution, redress, and reparations • Creating an enabling and gender-sensitive climate for victims to report incidents of sexual and gender-based violence to local authorities, including by empowering local women’s and LGBT groups, providing legal support to victims, and supporting community education and awareness-raising about gendered violence; and • Ensuring all actions are taken through a survivor-centered approach, including by prioritizing their long-term support through access to medical care and mental healthcare; • Develop policies and processes that encourage women and LGBT people’s active participation in addressing gender-based violations and gendered consequences of human rights violations; and • Develop gender transformative and survivor-centered transitional justice policies and processes that address the unique impacts of human rights violations on women, girls 52