academia, media, women, the youth, civil society organizations and people with special needs in an effort to ensure the policy reflects the views and aspirants of Malawians. 76. The policy establishes the Malawi Peace Commission (MPC) as the highest umbrella body and focal point of peace building and conflict prevention management, resolution and transformation in Malawi. The MPC is mandated to establish District Peace Committees (DPC) which shall sustain peace and unity within the district and facilitate spaces for dialogue between groups and communities. 77. This shows Malawi’s commitment to non-violent means of resolving conflicts in order to comply with provision 13(l) of the Constitution as one of the principles of national policy, which states that the state shall strive to adopt ‘mechanisms by which differences are settled through negotiation, good offices, mediation, conciliation and arbitration’. Accelerating Inclusive Local Governance and Participatory Democracy for Effective Social Economic Development 2017 to 2023 78. This provides for measures for mainstreaming disability in other critical cross-cutting issues as HIV and AIDS, gender and research. Implementation of the strategy will contribute to the realization of the principle on non-discrimination as provided for in section 13a(ii) of the Constitution which highlights the implementation of the principle of non-discrimination and such other measures as may be required and extends to section 20 of the same Constitution which provides that discrimination of persons in any form is prohibited and all persons are, under any law, guaranteed equal and effective protection against discrimination on grounds of race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national, ethnic or social origin, disability, property, birth or other status or condition. National Action Plan on Trafficking in Persons – 2017 – 2022 82. This action plan lays out priority action to combat trafficking in persons at all angles from women, children and men highlighting on approaches to be taken for each. Priority actions include prevention and awareness raising, victim protection and assistance, 20