A/HRC/13/12 committed to continuing engagement with the Human Rights Council and will work effectively to change or improve the human rights situation in the country. II. Conclusions and/or recommendations 70. The recommendations formulated during the interactive dialogue and listed below enjoy the support of Dominica: 1. Consider the possibility of acceding to the Palermo Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (Belarus); 2. Consider the possibility (Argentina) of ratifying the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (Argentina, France); 3. Ratify the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Azerbaijan, Chile, France, Slovenia); 4. Accede to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (France); 5. Ratify the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Chile, Slovenia) and its the Optional Protocol (Chile); 6. Continue the process of signing and ratifying the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Chile); 7. Consider ratifying the core human rights instruments (Azerbaijan); 8. Take further steps to bring legislation into line with international human rights norms and standards (Spain) and, if necessary, seek technical assistance from United Nations agencies and organizations to do so (United Kingdom); 9. Continue in its efforts to fulfil its commitments in the area of human rights and persevere in seeking technical assistance from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) for developing and drafting national reports for the treaty bodies to which it is a party (Bolivia); 10. Request OHCHR to dispatch a technical assistance team to advise the Government on treaty reporting using the common core documents; the advantages of interaction with special procedures, including country visits; and on the necessary steps for the establishment of a national human rights institution (Maldives); 11. Establish a national human rights institution that fully abides by the Paris Principles (Azerbaijan, United Kingdom); 12. Create an independent human rights institution (Spain); 13. Continue the implementation of measures aimed at the promotion of the rights of children and senior citizens (Cuba); 14. Continue strengthening the efforts undertaken to help young people and adolescents (Cuba); 13

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