A/HRC/10/70 Page 16 possess and distribute child pornography; in addition, it has made trafficking in persons, especially children for the purpose of child prostitution, an offence. The delegation concluded by noting that the commitment of the Bahamas in this regard is unqualified, and that the protection of human rights is cherished by its people. II. CONCLUSIONS AND/OR RECOMMENDATIONS 52. The recommendations formulated during the interactive dialogue were examined by the Bahamas, and the recommendations listed below enjoy the support of the Bahamas: 1. To complete its accession and to speedily ratify the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Algeria, France, Netherlands, Slovenia, Argentina, Pakistan); 2. To consider the possibility of acceding to the other major human rights instruments, in particular the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Algeria, Slovenia, France) and the Optional Protocol thereto (Czech Republic); the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (France); the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Argentina); the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (Algeria, Mexico, Haiti); the optional protocols to the various United Nations conventions on human rights (France); the Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child (Mexico); the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography (Bangladesh); to ensure that civil society is involved in the implementation of the outcome of the review (United Kingdom); and to report on these consultations in the next round of the universal periodic review (Netherlands); 3. To introduce to its criminal legislation aggravating circumstances on the grounds of racial discrimination, as recommended by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (Djibouti); 4. To continue its efforts to combat all forms of discrimination and consider specific measures in order to promote tolerance and non-discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation (Sweden); 5. To ensure the full and effective implementation of the Domestic Violence (Protection Order) Act (Netherlands, Czech Republic); 6. To continue to take effective measures to address the serious social problem of rape and to reinforce its domestic legislation concerning domestic violence against women (Italy); 7. To consider specifically with regard to the prevention of physical abuse of children the implementation of the recommendations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (Netherlands); to take necessary measures, as recommended by the Committee on the Rights of the Child, to prevent child abuse and neglect and increase efforts to ensure the registration of all children at birth (Italy); to undertake a comprehensive study on child abuse in order to understand its scope

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