A/HRC/15/14 69.4. Provide Guyana security force members with adequate training on the appropriate use of force in accordance with international standards (Canada); 69.5. Ensure that members of the Guyana Police Force are adequately trained on the appropriate use of force and firearms in accordance with international standards (Sweden); 69.6. Provide human rights training for officers, and increase the capacity of the Police Complaints Authority to investigate allegations of extrajudicial killings and the use of excessive force by police using prompt and impartial proceedings (United States of America); 69.7. Develop a national strategy for human rights education in the school system in accordance with the Plan of Action of the World Programme, which outlines a process, including an assessment of the current situation as well as the development of a national strategy, with the full participation of all relevant stakeholders (Italy); 69.8. Adopt law and mechanisms to combat discrimination against groups in vulnerable situations (Argentina); 69.9. Take concrete steps to protect members of vulnerable groups from violence, encouraging more reporting of offences, more sympathetic handling of cases by the police and more convictions with appropriate sentences (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland); 69.10. Implement necessary policies and programmes to address the issues of ill treatment of children, including sexual abuse, and child prostitution (Slovakia); 69.11. Take measures to reduce the numbers of domestic violence cases and ensure that all victims get immediate access to reparation and protection measures, including judicial protection orders, legal assistance and reception centres in sufficient numbers (Chile); 69.12. Put emphasis on the rights of women and children, and continue to work to eliminate sexual violence under the “Stamp it Out” policy and implement it in a comprehensive manner (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya); 69.13. Ensure separation of juvenile prisoners from adult inmates (Slovakia); 69.14. Undertake efforts to improve all prison facilities in Guyana (Canada); 69.15. Ensure the effective enforcement of laws against trafficking in persons and child prostitution through more effective training of police forces and judicial organs in order to promote better protection for victims (Uruguay); 69.16. Intensify efforts against sexual abuse and child pornography, with more awareness campaigns about the punitive character of these crimes, particularly in rural areas (Spain);2 69.17. Disseminate information concerning trafficking and sexual exploitation throughout rural areas with an emphasis on boy and girl children and adolescents, with a view to prevention (Uruguay); 2 The recommendation as read during the interactive dialogue: “Implement legislative measures to prohibit all forms of corporal punishment against minors, and intensify the efforts against sexual abuse and child pornography, with more awareness campaigns about the punitive character of these crimes, particularly in rural areas” (Spain). 15

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