A/HRC/18/8 81.6. Sign and ratify, as soon and possible, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Brazil); 81.7. Strengthen its international commitments by acceding to international conventions for the promotion and protection of human rights to which it is not yet party, and in particular the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (France); 81.8. Ratify those conventions to which it is not yet party, in particular the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and its Optional Protocol (Maldives); 81.9. Ratify the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Costa Rica); 81.10. Become party to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment and its Optional Protocol (New Zealand); 81.11. Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography (United Kingdom); 81.12. Ratify and implement the Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (New Zealand); 81.13. Ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and develop public awareness campaigns about the rights and participation of such persons (Slovakia); 81.14. Give serious consideration to ratifying the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and enact law or national policy to ensure the protection and care of persons with physical, sensory, intellectual, or mental disabilities (Canada); 81.15. Ratify the Convention on the Right of Persons with Disabilities and ensure that the rights of such persons are protected in law and in practice (Slovenia); 81.16. Ratify the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness (Slovakia); 81.17. Ratify ILO Convention No. 182 (1999) concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour (Slovakia); 81.18. Ensure that international human rights instruments’ obligations are incorporated into domestic laws (Indonesia); 81.19. Pass a law to criminalize all forms of human trafficking and ratify the Protocol to Prevent Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (United States); 81.20. Enact legislation providing for public access to Government information (Canada); 17

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