A/HRC/13/4 special procedures (Czech Republic); issue a standing invitation to all Council special procedures (Slovakia); 19. Consider favourably the request for visits by thematic mandate-holders (Norway); 20. Approve the request for a visit by the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography (Norway); respond positively to the requests for a visit by the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children (Spain); 21. Grant the request made by the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers in 2006, 2008 and 2009 to visit the country (Netherlands); approve the request for a visit by the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers (Norway); 22. Enact legislation that clearly defines discrimination against women and provides for effective remedies (Austria); 23. Continue the implementation of the necessary affirmative measures to achieve gender parity (Cuba); 24. Tackle the roots of gender inequality through concrete actions aimed at safeguarding women’s rights within the family as well as appropriate measures of awareness-raising and human rights education (Italy); 25. Increase its effort in promoting women’s empowerment and capacitybuilding through public awareness, education and skill training (Malaysia); 26. Conduct a wide awareness-raising campaign to sensitize issues of gender equality(Azerbaijan); society to 27. Establish independent and impartial investigations into all allegations of torture and other ill-treatment and bring perpetrators to justice (Denmark); 28. Take further concrete steps to address cases of torture in prisons, in particular to ensure impartial and independent investigation of all cases of alleged mistreatment or torture, punish all personnel responsible for torture or mistreatment and provide victims of torture effective access to remedy (Czech Republic); 29. Adjust detention and prison facilities as well as standards of treatment so that they are gender-sensitive and ensure effective protection of the personal safety of all detainees and prisoners (Czech Republic); 30. On sexual violence against women, undertake due and timely investigations of all reported cases, punish the perpetrators and implement necessary rehabilitation programmes for the victims; intensify Government efforts to raise public awareness against this negative phenomenon and to fight persistent traditional stereotypes (Slovakia); 31. Sensitize police officers and law enforcement officials and take measures to effectively prosecute sexual and domestic violence (Austria); 32. (a) Intensify its effort to improve human rights for women and to combat key problems such as human trafficking, sexual violence, domestic violence and exploitation of women and children (Norway); (b) continue to fight discrimination and sexual exploitation of women and girls, especially through enhancing efforts to combat trafficking in persons (Philippines); (c) strengthen and amend when necessary its Second National Plan on Human Trafficking 15

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