A/HRC/17/15 78.3 Sign and ratify the principal human rights instruments to which it is not a party, namely the OP-ICESCR, OP-CAT, ICCPR-OP2, aimed at abolishing the death penalty, OP-CRC-AC and ratify CED (Ecuador); 78.4 Sign and ratify the OP-ICESCR, OP-CAT, OP-CRC-AC (Spain); 78.5 Accede to ICCPR-OP2, aimed at abolishing the death penalty and take the necessary steps to remove the death penalty from its justice system (Australia); 78.6 Ratify ICCPR-OP2 (Sweden); 78.7 Intensify its efforts with a view to a speedy ratification of CED and withdraw the reservations made to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) (Spain); 78.8 Withdraw its reservations made to articles 2 and 16 of CEDAW, which were considered contrary to the object and purpose of this treaty (Belgium); 78.9 Withdraw its reservations made to CEDAW (Canada); 78.10 Withdraw its reservations to CEDAW (Norway); 78.11 Continue its collaboration with the human rights mechanisms and become a party to the optional protocols of ICESCR and ICCPR (Indonesia); 78.12 Step up efforts to improve regular cooperation with treaty bodies; lift reservations to CEDAW and consider ratifying outstanding human rights instruments, including OP-CAT, OP-CRC-AC and ICCPR-OP2 (Slovenia); 78.13 Implement the recommendations provided by the Working Group on Indigenous Populations/Communities of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights in February 2006 (Norway); 78.14 Consider issuing a standing invitation to the special procedures of the Human Rights Council (Brazil); 78.15 Issue an open and standing invitation to all special procedures (Spain); 78.16 Consider extending a standing invitation to all special procedures of the Human Rights Council (Latvia); 78.17 Repeal all discriminatory laws against women, withdraw all its reservations made to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and increase its cooperation with the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women by implementing all recommendations made in 2007 (France); 78.18 Follow-up the recommendation made by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women in 2007 regarding the implementation of a strategy to modify or eliminate negative cultural practices and stereotypes that are harmful to and discriminate against women (United Kingdom); 78.19 Pursue appropriate policies, such as its National Gender Policy, including public-oriented awareness campaigns to overcome the prevalence of patriarchal ideology with firmly entrenched stereotypes regarding the roles and responsibilities of women and men in the family and society (Slovakia); 78.20 Take the necessary legal and financial measures to ensure the equal participation of women in all areas (Turkey); GE.11-12306 17