A/HRC/27/14 157.10 Adopt measures which guarantee the non-occurrence of cases of torture and ill-treatment in places of detention and, among them, establish an independent national preventive mechanism against torture (Spain); 157.11 Amend the Criminal Code and the Federal Family Code in order to criminalize marital rape and FGM (Honduras); 157.12 Ensure the full independence and impartiality of the judiciary, in conformity with international standards (Botswana); 157.13 Eliminate all obstacles to the development of NGOs, in particular the financial procedures for those financed with resources from abroad, and promote the participation of civil society in the activities of the State (Mexico); 157.14 Take concrete steps to ensure the 2015 national elections are more representative and participative than those in 2010, especially around freedom of assembly, and encourage debate among political parties (United Kingdom); 157.15 Introduce minimum wage legislation reasonable enough to provide all workers and their families with a decent standard of living (Zambia); 157.16 Continue work on the development of the national education system, ensuring access to quality and free education (Belarus); 157.17 Consider implementing the pertinent recommendations of the Independent Expert on minority issues, with a view to guaranteeing equal treatment of all ethnic groups in the country (Cabo Verde); 157.18 Monitor the implementation of the anti-terrorism law in order to identify any act of repression which affects freedom of association and expression and possible cases of arbitrary detention. In addition, develop activities necessary to eliminate any excesses by the authorities in its application (Mexico). 158. Ethiopia considers that the recommendations below cannot be accepted and will thus be noted: 158.1 Consider ratification of those international instruments to which it is not yet a party (Bolivia (Plurinational State of)); 158.2 Ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, OPCAT, the Rome Statute and the UNESCO Convention against Discrimination in Education (Tunisia); 158.3 In line with the recommendations issued by the Committee against Torture and the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, consider ratifying the First Optional Protocol to ICCPR and the Second Optional Protocol to ICCPR aiming at the abolition of the death penalty; the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance; the Optional Protocol to CEDAW as well as the Optional Protocol to CAT, establishing national preventive mechanisms (Uruguay); 158.4 Abolish the death penalty and sign and ratify both Optional Protocols to ICCPR (Portugal)/Abolish the death penalty and ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Costa Rica)/Abolish the death penalty by means of law and ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (France); 24

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