A/HRC/16/12 56.4. Ratify the main international human rights instruments so as to harmonize domestic legislation with international standards for human rights protection (Argentina); 56.5. Ratify the main international human rights instruments, particularly ICCPR and ICESCR, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the Convention against Torture and the Optional Protocol thereto, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, the Optional Protocols to CEDAW and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (Spain); 56.6. Ratify ICCPR and the two Optional Protocols thereto, ICESCR and the Optional Protocol thereto, ICERD, the Optional Protocol to CEDAW, CAT and the two Optional Protocols to CRC, as well as CRPD (Slovakia); 56.7. Sign the CRPD treaty (Hungary); ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and work to implement the Pacific Regional Strategy on Disability (Australia); 56.8. Sign and ratify the United Nations Convention against Corruption (Morocco); 56.9. Consider establishing a national human rights institution pursuant to the Paris Principles (Argentina); 56.10. Establish a national human rights institution, with the support of international technical and financial assistance (Algeria); establish an independent national human rights commission as the best means to respond to the people’s expectations to enjoy the rule of law (Morocco); take the necessary steps towards the establishment of a national human rights institution or a similar regional body in accordance with the Paris Principles (Canada); 56.11. Establish a national human rights institution, including the nomination of an ombudsperson for children, provided with adequate human and financial resources to promote and strengthen accessibility for children and to enable children to submit complaints (Germany); 56.12. Nominate an ombudsperson for children (Hungary); 56.13. Ensure that human rights are afforded full legal protection (Australia); 56.14. Strengthen educational and awareness-raising programmes for local communities in order to promote awareness of human rights issues among society at large, and stimulate the participation of civil society organizations in the promotion and protection of human rights (Mexico); 56.15. Prioritize legislation on women’s rights and domestic violence, and implement domestic policies aimed at eliminating violence against women (Australia); establish a national strategy to combat violence against women and girls, and take appropriate measures for coordinated, multisectoral responses in this regard (Canada); develop a national plan of action to combat violence against women (New Zealand); 56.16. Implement a system to counter domestic violence against women, and ensure that the perpetrators of such violence are prosecuted and appropriately punished (France); incorporate domestic violence into its criminal laws (Slovakia); 12

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