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99.
11.
Strengthen efforts made to address the causes of ethnic conflicts on its territory and
take necessary measures to prevent and sanction the forced recruitment of minors
under the age of 18 (Mexico);
12.
Adopt appropriate measures to disseminate widely and ensure full observance of the
Declaration on Human Rights Defenders (Norway).
The following recommendations did not enjoy the support of Ethiopia:
1.
Sign (Spain) and ratify (Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland)/ become party to (Canada) the
Second Optional Protocol to ICCPR, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty;
2.
Consider signing and/or ratifying (Argentina)/ratify (Switzerland) the Rome Statute
of the International Criminal Court;
3.
Further its commitment to human rights by becoming a party to the Rome Statute of
the International Criminal Court (Canada);
4.
Ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, including accession to
the Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Criminal
Court(Slovakia);
5.
Open regional offices of the EHRC, starting with an office in Jijiga (United
Kingdom);
6.
Issue an open-ended and standing invitation to all special procedures; and more
specifically respond positively to the requests for visits by the Special Rapporteurs on
the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression and
on the right to education, the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, and the
Special Rapporteurs on torture and on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary
executions (Spain);
7.
Consider extending a standing invitation to all special procedures of the Human
Rights Council (Latvia);
8.
Issue a standing invitation for all special procedures and respond positively to all
outstanding invitations (Slovenia);
9.
Extend a standing invitation to all United Nations special procedures mandateholders (Ireland);
10.
Issue a standing invitation to all United Nations special procedures and respond
favourably to all outstanding requests (Canada);
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