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102.8. Ratify the Optional Protocol to ICESCR, the Second Optional Protocol
to ICCPR, OP-CEDAW, OP-CAT, the Optional Protocol to CRPD, OP-CRCSC, the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant
Workers and Members of Their Families, and CED (Argentina);
102.9.
Ratify ICCPR-OP2, OP-CEDAW and CED (Uruguay);
102.10. Extend an open and standing invitation to all United Nations special
procedures (Argentina);
102.11. Consider issuing a standing invitation to special procedures (Brazil);
102.12. Introduce in its national legislation the definition of torture, reflecting
that set out in article 1 of the Convention against Torture and other Cruel,
Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment, and accede to its Optional
Protocol (OP-CAT) (Czech Republic);
102.13. Establish a national mechanism independent of the public prosecutor
and the attorney general for the investigation and prosecution of crimes
committed during and following the 2007 election period (Denmark);
102.14. Consider establishing an independent investigative authority that can
effectively investigate the violence related to the 2007 elections and the alleged
involvement of the police and public prosecutor (Austria);
102.15. Cooperate fully with the ICC investigation, in accordance with Kenya’s
obligations under the Rome Statute, and establish a credible local tribunal in
parallel (United Kingdom).
103.
The recommendations below did not enjoy the support of Kenya:
103.1. Amend national legislation to abolish the death penalty so it is
completely prohibited, and sign and ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Spain); establish a de jure
moratorium on capital punishment, with a view to abolishing the death penalty
(Belgium); take all measures to abolish the use of the death penalty (Uruguay);
abolish the death penalty (Ireland, Austria, Germany); suspend the application
of the death penalty and definitely abolish it (Argentina);
103.2. Strictly ensure that the death penalty is not imposed for children, and
declare an official moratorium on executions with a view to abolishing the
death penalty (Australia);
103.3. Prevent extrajudicial killings and ensure compensation and justice for
the families of victims, taking into account the recommendations of the United
Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial killings (Netherlands);
103.4 Immediately implement all the recommendations put forward by the
Waki Commission and the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial killings
(Denmark);
103.5. Take concrete steps to provide for the protection and equal treatment
of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons (Netherlands); decriminalize
same-sex activity between consenting adults (Czech Republic); repeal all
legislative provisions which criminalize sexual activity between consenting
adults (United States of America); decriminalize homosexuality by abrogating
the legal provisions currently punishing sexual relations between consenting
individuals of the same sex, and subscribe to the December 2008 General
Assembly Declaration on sexual orientation and human rights (France);
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