A/HRC/40/17 111.10 Sign and ratify the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness (Sweden); 111.11 Accede to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness (Costa Rica) (Côte d’Ivoire) (Montenegro); 111.12 Withdraw the reservation to article 29 (a) (i) and (iii) of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and take the necessary steps to ensure that persons with disabilities can fully exercise their right to vote (Austria); 111.13 Withdraw reservations to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, which are incompatible with the principle of equality between men and women, and ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention (France); 111.14 Adopt an open, merit-based process to select national candidates for United Nations human rights treaty body elections (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland); 111.15 Strengthen further the independence and mandates of the National Commission for the Promotion of Equality and the Parliamentary Ombudsman, with a view to making them compatible with the Paris Principles (Georgia); 111.16 Develop a national action plan in accordance with the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (Japan); 111.17 Ensure that its policies, legislation, regulations and enforcement measures effectively serve to prevent and address the heightened risk of business involvement in abuses in conflict situations, which include situations of foreign occupation (State of Palestine); 111.18 Increase the number of investigations and, where appropriate, prosecutions in cases of corruption and financial crime (United States of America); 111.19 Ensure that the national preventive mechanism under the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment has the necessary powers and tools for its proper functioning, including human, financial and logistical resources, and that its mandate covers all places of deprivation of liberty and access to the corresponding documentation concerning allegations of ill-treatment (Czechia); 111.20 Put in place concrete measures to ensure that all cases of detention are subject to non-discriminatory judicial review (Republic of Korea); 111.21 Improve conditions in detention centres, including seeking alternatives to detention in accordance with international law, including human rights and refugee law, as well as existing European legislation (Sweden); 111.22 Ensure that children between 16 and 18 years of age are tried by special juvenile courts, not ordinary courts (Spain); 111.23 Revise the legislation on public service media, including appointment procedures, in order to establish safeguards against political interference (Germany); 111.24 Continue to reform legislation on media in order to better protect journalists (France); 111.25 Take steps in order to further increase the protection of journalists (Greece); 111.26. Adopt effective measures to guarantee the safety of journalists and the exercise of freedom of expression, such as the creation of a national mechanism for the protection of journalists (Mexico); 18