A/HRC/8/44 Page 17 4. Issue a standing invitation to the special procedures of the Human Rights Council (Canada, Brazil); 5. Respond sincerely to the recommendations of the United Nations mechanisms (Special Rapporteur on violence against women, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and the Committee against Torture) on the issue of “comfort women” during the Second World War (Republic of Korea); 6. Adapt national legislation to bring it into line with the principles of equality and non-discrimination. (Slovenia); Consider establishing legislation defining and prohibiting discrimination in all forms (Brazil); Consider introducing a definition of discrimination in its criminal law (Guatemala); Adopt, as a matter of urgency, a national law against racism, discrimination and xenophobia (Islamic Republic of Iran); 7. Repeal all legal provisions that discriminate against women (Portugal); and Encourage the continued taking of measures relating to discrimination against women in particular to raise the age of marriage to 18 for women as for men (France); 8. Address the problems faced by women belonging to minorities (Germany); 9. Take measures to eliminate all forms of discrimination against Koreans in Japan (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea); 10. Take immediate measures to address the situation of the continued distortion of the history in Japan, since this is indicative of the refusal to address past violations and the danger of its reoccurrence, and recommended immediate measures to address the situation, as also called for by the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea); 11. Take measures to eliminate discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity (Canada); 12. Review urgently the use of death penalty with a view to a moratorium and abolition (United Kingdom); Not carry out the death penalty and re-apply a moratorium on executions with a view to abolishing the death penalty in accordance with the resolution adopted in this regard by the General Assembly (Luxembourg); Establish a moratorium on executions with a view to abolishing the death penalty (Portugal); Examine as a priority the introduction of a formal moratorium on the death penalty (Albania); Reconsider the establishment of a moratorium on the use of the death penalty (Mexico); Join the large number of States that have adopted a moratorium on executions or abolished the death penalty (Switzerland); Respect international standards that provide safeguards guaranteeing protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty, to progressively restrict the use of the death penalty and reduce the number of offences for which it may be imposed, and establish a moratorium on executions with a view to abolishing the death penalty (Italy); Add the possibility of a life sentence without parole to the range of penalties for heinous crimes and consider the abolition of the death penalty (The Netherlands); Support the previous interventions about the abolition of the capital punishment in Japan (Turkey);