A/HRC/17/9 104.6. Consider the possibility of signing or ratifying the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD), the Cruel, Inhuman or Convention against Torture and Other DegradingTreatment or Punishment (CAT) and the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (Argentina); 104.7. Consider accession to ICCPR and ICESCR (Philippines); 104.8. Consider incorporating its international human rights obligations into domestic law (Jordan); 104.9. Continue to improve its domestic legislation and judiciary system to be in line with international human rights standards and obligations including intensifying human rights education and training, especially for its military and law enforcement officers, in order to enhance their awareness and promote greater accountability (Thailand); 104.10. Take steps to review domestic laws with a view to guaranteeing the right to freedom of expression, association and assembly, including assuring a free and independent media (Indonesia); 104.11. Establish and enforce strict legislation criminalizing rape in every context, including marital rape (Portugal); 104.12. Do and act in light of its national reality in order to guarantee unity, peace, stability in Myanmar and in the region (Lao People’s Democratic Republic); 104.13. Initiate as possible, with the assistance of the international community, the programmes of investment needed in the health, education and social security sectors (Algeria); 104.14. Continue implementing the Government’s reform policy and action plans to address socio-economic inequality in order to achieve further progress to improve the situation of human rights in the country especially in an effort to achieve most of the targets of the MDGs, including poverty reduction, the control of HIV and the fight against human trafficking (Cambodia); 104.15. Stay on the path of consolidation of political stability in the country, under the principles of free self-determination and sovereignty, for which it is very important to rely on international cooperation and assistance (Venezuela); 104.16. Continue implementing the strategies and plans for the socio-economic development of the country (Cuba); 104.17. Continue implementing the programmes and measures to improve the enjoyment of the right to education and the right to health of all its population (Cuba); 104.18. Continue with its efforts to promote and protect human rights and freedoms (Sri Lanka); 104.19. Continue its efforts to promote and protect human rights for its people and hold workshops and seminars to increase public awareness on human rights matters (Brunei Darussalam); 14