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the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and the Committee on the Elimination of
Discrimination against Women in individual complaints (Slovakia); to speed up
the process of implementing the Optional Protocol to the Convention against
Torture and designate an independent national preventive mechanism in
consultation with civil society, take all required measures to effectively prevent
torture (Denmark), and to submit its report to the Committee on the Elimination
of Racial Discrimination as soon as possible (Japan);
6.
To increase its efforts at enhancing the role of women in high-level decisionmaking (Ghana);
7.
To combat, within the framework of the law of the State, neo-Nazi groups and
others promoting racial hatred and violence (Chile); to combat the climate of
impunity (Croatia) and ensure that racially motivated attacks committed against
minorities are systematically investigated, prosecuted and punished according to
law (Canada, Croatia);
8.
To continue its positive efforts to promote and protect children rights and to attain
full empowerment of women (Cuba); and take all appropriate measures, in the
fields of legislation, implementation and awareness-raising, to tackle domestic
violence against women and children (Italy);
9.
To ensure full compliance of domestic legislation and relevant procedures with
juvenile justice standards of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (Poland);
10.
To take concrete measures to address the high rate of unemployment among
persons with disabilities and the special needs of children with disabilities at
schools (Finland);
11.
To prohibit corporal punishment, including in the family, in line with the recent
recommendation of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (Austria);
12.
To implement a comprehensive national strategy to prevent trafficking and sexual
exploitation of children (Poland); to take effective measures to combat trafficking
in women and children in cooperation with countries in the trafficking network
(Bangladesh);
13.
To continue to develop a legal system in line with international standards, in order
to strengthen the rule of law (Switzerland);
14.
To continue to make every effort to ensure full cooperation with the International
Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (France, Switzerland); fulfil its
obligations to the Tribunal and other related bodies (United Kingdom); and track
down and arrest the key remaining fugitives accused of war crimes by the
Tribunal (Canada, Switzerland), namely, former Bosnian Serb General Ratko
Mladic and former Croatian Serb political leader Goran Hadzic (Canada);
15.
To take all necessary measures to ensure that allegations of human rights
violations brought to the knowledge of the authorities are systematically subjected
to inquiries and punished where appropriate (France, Norway); to strengthen
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