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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.
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