A/HRC/40/10 137.21 Consider ratifying the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (Philippines) (Sri Lanka); 137.22 Pursue full implementation of the Convention against Torture and consider acceding to the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (Romania); 137.23 Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and officially and publicly condemn all acts of torture and ill-treatment committed by the public authorities; classify torture as a criminal offence, assign jurisdiction over all cases to regular courts and provide protection and compensation to victims (Austria); 137.24 Ratify the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189) of the International Labour Organization (Switzerland); 137.25 Strengthen legislation to protect children and girls from child marriage and amend article 10 of the Personal Status Law to remove all provisions that allow the authorization and the practice of child marriage (Belgium); 137.26 Respect journalists’ right to freedom of expression by restricting the trial of journalists for “publications crimes” stipulated in the Criminal Code to civilian courts, and by amending article 11 of the cybercrime law, to narrow the definition of hate speech (Canada); 137.27 Amend article 292 of the Criminal Code to include marital rape and eliminate attenuating circumstances for honour crimes (Chile); 137.28 Remove all exceptional conditions from legislation that allow the authorization of child marriage (Croatia); 137.29 Repeal article 340 of the Criminal Code and ensure that the definition of rape meets international standards, and repeal article 10 (b) of the Personal Status Law that enables derogation from the prohibition of child marriage (France); 137.30 Amend the Personal Status Law to remove conditions that allow child marriage and to eliminate the recognition of legal guardians of adult women (Ireland); 137.31 Accelerate efforts to repeal all remaining discriminatory provisions to end male guardianship in marriage and protective custody, especially article 185 of the Personal Status Law, and amend article 223 of that law in order to give women and men joint guardianship of their children (Netherlands); 137.32 Repeal the Crime Prevention Act (Act No. 7 of 1954) (Australia); 137.33 Amend the Personal Status Law to remove all exceptional conditions that allow the authorization and practice of child marriage (Slovenia); 137.34 Amend the Personal Status Law to give women and men joint guardianship of their children (Slovenia); 137.35 Continue to make progress in the reform of the Criminal Code in order to abolish reduced sentences for adultery-related murders (Spain); 137.36 Abolish the legal guardianship system of women and children contained in the Personal Status Law (Spain); 137.37 Further advance the amendments of the Act on Public Gatherings by creating an independent bureau to receive complaints regarding meetings and gatherings that have been shut down without explanation (Sweden); 137.38 Repeal the law on associations in order to streamline the administrative processes which restrict the activities and the funding of civil society organizations (Switzerland); 21

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