A/HRC/31/9 121.5 Intensify efforts to adopt a revised Children’s Act that complies with international standards, including provisions on prohibition of all forms of violence against children, and to ensure sufficient budgetary resources to its implementation (Slovakia); 121.6 Amend the existing Child Labour Act to include child labour in the informal sector within the purview of the law (Slovakia); 121.7 Adopt a bill criminalizing harmful cultural practices, and abolish child, early and enforced marriage (Sierra Leone); 121.8 Finalise the revision of child act in order to set up coordination mechanism related to cases of child victims trafficking (Timor-Leste); 121.9 Strengthen the legislative and institutional framework for the promotion and protection of rights of indigenous peoples, in particular to ensure their full participation in society (Mexico); 121.10 Continue efforts to improve national mechanisms for the promotion and protection of human rights (Myanmar); 121.11 Amend its National Human Rights Commission Act in order to guarantee the independence and financial autonomy of this Commission (Portugal); 121.12 Enact relevant legislation to provide for necessary autonomy and independence of the National Human Rights Commission in accordance with the decision of the Supreme Court of Nepal (Uganda); 121.13 Ensure the effective functioning of the National Human Rights Commission of Nepal, including a representative approach to appointments (Australia); 121.14 Submit its overdue reports on the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (Portugal); 121.15 Further promote cooperation with the Human Rights Council special procedures, including facilitating the visits of the mandates holders to the country (Ukraine); 121.16 Take the necessary steps to ensure that the new constitution is implemented while protecting human rights and thus ensuring its provisions on gender equality, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons, and minorities (Sweden); 121.17 Strengthen its efforts to effectively implement existing laws and policies to eliminate all forms of discrimination (Thailand); 121.18 Make increased efforts to truly bring an end to discrimination (Japan); 121.19 Increase efforts to protect women from violence and discrimination, in particular in areas affected by the earthquakes (Norway); 121.20 Step up efforts to eliminate gender inequity and implement the national strategy on ending child marriages (Botswana); 121.21 Guarantee the necessary personal and material resources to protect victims of gender-based violence, especially in emergency situations and as it pertains to the effectiveness of protection orders (Spain); 14

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