A/HRC/40/15 114.183 Ensure effective implementation of the law against female genital mutilation in every region and investigate forms of non-compliance (Germany); 114.184 Adopt legislation that prohibits genital mutilation (Honduras); 114.185 Intensify efforts to end child marriages (Lesotho); 114.186 Implement practical measures to immediately halt the use of child labour (Australia); 114.187 Continue measures to prohibit corporal punishment, under all circumstances, against children (Algeria); 114.188 Continue efforts to strengthen the rights of persons with disabilities (Egypt); 114.189 Consider scaling up initiatives related to the economic empowerment of women and young people (Philippines); 114.190 Take measures to provide better access to public services for refugees, asylum seekers and displaced persons (Serbia); 114.191 Take the necessary steps to protect human rights defenders facing threats and intimidation (Spain); 114.192 Take the necessary measures to guarantee the protection of human rights defenders as well as journalists, and investigate and punish all acts of intimidation and violence against them (Argentina); 114.193 Take the necessary measures to guarantee the protection of journalists and human rights defenders against threats and intimidation and give them the necessary leeway to exercise their activities (Central African Republic); 114.194 Strengthen the protection of human rights defenders (France); 114.195 Ensure civil society actors, human rights defenders and journalists are protected from threats and intimidation, in line with international law and standards (Ireland). 115. The recommendations formulated during the interactive dialogue/listed below have been examined by Chad and have been noted by Chad: 115.1 Consider ratifying international and regional human rights treaties, including the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (Cyprus); 115.2 Ratify or accede to the human rights instruments to which it is not a party, in particular the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Honduras); 115.3 Ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty (Mexico); 115.4 Finalize ratification of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (Tunisia); 115.5 Consider ratifying the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (Uruguay); GE.18-22801 21