A/HRC23/4 81.17. Ratify ICCPR and its Second Optional Protocol (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland); 81.18. Abolish the death penalty (Australia) and ratify ICCPR and its Second Optional Protocol (Australia, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland); 81.19. Abolish the death penalty, considering the existence of the de facto moratorium (Chile); 81.20. Adopt a moratorium on executions with a view to the definitive abolition of the death penalty (France); 81.21. Take steps towards full abolition of capital punishment, with immediate effect in particular towards juvenile offenders (Slovakia); 81.22. Explicitly prohibit death penalty for offences committed by persons below 18 years of age, pursuant to the General Assembly resolution adopted on 20 December 2012 and Article 37 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (Italy); 81.23. Eliminate the use of corporal punishment as criminal punishment (Costa Rica); 81.24. Abrogate the penal provisions envisaging recourse to corporal punishment (France); 81.25. Raise the age of criminal responsibility to 12 years, and prohibit corporal punishment as a sentence of the courts for all persons, but especially those under 18 years old at the time of the offence (Slovenia); 81.26. Raise age of criminal responsibility, in line with the Convention on the Rights of the Child and prohibit corporal punishment in all grounds (Mexico); 81.27. Consider incorporating the UN Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-Custodial Measures for Women Offenders, otherwise known as the Bangkok Rules, as part of its work on the treatment of prisoners, in particular the new Prisons Act 2010 (Thailand); 81.28. Give abandoned children born in wedlock the same rights and protections afforded to children born out of wedlock (United States of America); 82. The recommendations below did not enjoy the support of Tonga: 82.1. Quickly (Italy) ratify CEDAW (Italy, Maldives, Slovenia); 82.2. Proceed swiftly with the ratification of CEDAW (Estonia); 82.3. Accede to CEDAW, without reservations that could be incompatible with the object and purpose of this Convention (Uruguay); 82.4. Intensify, as a matter of priority, efforts to effectively implement the standards of protection set out in CEDAW (Mexico); 83. All conclusions and/or recommendations contained in the present report reflect the position 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. 17

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