A/HRC/16/17 92.40. Take measures to reduce widespread child labour and trafficking in children, to raise the age of criminal responsibility and to eradicate corporal punishment of children (Norway); 92.41. Step up the fight against trafficking in persons and the unlawful smuggling of migrants through various modalities (Ecuador); 92.42. Reinforce the legal framework for the protection of children, and remove the provision in the penal code establishing the age of criminal responsibility as 7 years old, as well as the corporal punishment of children, including flagellation and amputation (France); 92.43. Increase, in accordance with international standards, the minimum age of criminal responsibility, as well as the harmonization of domestic legislation with international norms in the area of child labour (Mexico); 92.44. Take steps to make the judiciary more representative of Mauritanian society in terms of ethnic and social origin, language and gender (United Kingdom); 92.45. Bring the minimum criminal age of responsibility and the minimum age for marriage into line with CRC, and ban any form of corporal punishment (Spain); 92.46. Carry out a review of norms and practices relating to freedom of belief in order to harmonize domestic laws with international standards established under ICCPR (Mexico); 92.47. Further simplify the process of media registration and lower fees for broadcasting licensing (Slovakia). 93. The recommendations below did not enjoy the support of Mauritania: 93.1. Ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (Ecuador); 93.2. Include sexual orientation and gender identity in non-discrimination laws and programmes, and promote tolerance and non-discrimination regarding sexual orientation or identity, in line with the Yogyakarta principles (Sweden); 93.3. Remove the provisions of the penal code that allow the punishment of the death penalty for homosexuality, as soon as possible (France); 93.4. Ensure that the death penalty is not applied to consensual same-sex relations between adults, and that the Penal Code does not criminalize such activity (Sweden). 94. The conclusions and/or recommendations contained in the present report reflect the positions of the submitting State(s) and/or the State under review. They should not be construed as endorsed by the Working Group as a whole. 21

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