A/HRC/13/2 Page 18 47. Implement a strategy to support the law banning female genital mutilation, including an awareness and education campaign (Canada); 48. Continue its efforts to raise awareness as well as effectively enforce the abolishment of female genital mutilation by providing adequate resources and bringing perpetrators of such cruelty to justice (Austria); 49. Strengthen its implementation of the laws to protect women and girls from rape and other forms of sexual violence and sexual exploitation and hold accountable those responsible for such crimes (Ghana); 50. Criminalize all acts of sexual violence and rape in marriage (Spain); 51. Criminalize rape in marriage (France); 52. Adopt a more comprehensive legislation to combat domestic violence and all forms of sexual abuse (France); 53. Take appropriate measures to guarantee that all legal provisions, and especially those of the Civil Code and customary practices, are in conformity with the minimum age for marriage which, under the Constitution, is 18 years (France); 54. Take all necessary measures to protect the human rights, dignity and physical integrity of female members of the armed forces through an awareness-raising campaign, and also by taking firm judicial and disciplinary action against perpetrators (Austria); 55. Undertake all necessary measures to stop sexual exploitation and violence against women in the armed forces (Slovenia); 56. Take all possible measures to prevent the recruitment and torture or cruel and degrading treatment by the police and military of children (Germany); 57. Make means available to give effect to the norm which raises the minimum age for military service and guarantees that minors not be subjected to any treatment that violates fundamental human rights and that they be ensured the right not to do their military service (Argentina); 58. Respect the provisions of the Proclamation on National Service and immediately end the practice of indefinitely extending military service (Canada); 59. Recognize the right to conscientious objection to military service and reinstate the alternative civilian national service (Slovenia); 60. Consider ending the practice of indefinite national service and begin a process of phased demobilization for those who have served for more than the statutory 18 months (United Kingdom);

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