A/HRC/10/69 Page 19 Kalahari Game Reserve communities and respect the economic, social and cultural rights of minorities living or formerly living on the Reserve (Canada); engage with the ethnic groups, in an ongoing and systematic basis, to ensure their rights to equality and non-discrimination are guaranteed (Ireland); provide access to land and support for the residents of the Reserve, as specified in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and work with the land boards of the various districts to ensure equity in land allocation among all applicants for residential, arable and grazing land, water sources and business sites (Denmark); pursue a policy of mother-tongue language education in conjunction with national languages of Setswana and English (Denmark); and resolve the dispute between the San of the Reserve (Spain); 18. Adopt the measures necessary to combat discrimination of all kinds, including those based on sexual orientation, gender, colour, religion and political opinion (France); amend the definition of discrimination in the Constitution in such a way that it covers discrimination based on descent and abolish those laws that permit discrimination on the basis of ethnicity, language and culture (Germany); review the definition of discrimination provided under the section III of the Constitution in terms of its compatibility with the prohibition against discrimination against descent and national or ethnic origin (Canada); and abolish discrimination on the basis of ethnicity, language and culture, including de jure discrimination (Denmark); 19. Develop non-custodial alternatives, such as community service and bail arrangements (Slovenia); redouble efforts to improve conditions of detention in prisons, guaranteeing the compatibility of rights with cultural practices (Djibouti); and align its legislation and practice with international standards with regard to prisons (Italy); 20. Continue to incorporate the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child into domestic legislation, especially article 19(1), in relation to deep concerns about the corporal punishment of children (Chile); consider changing legislation to expressly prohibit all forms of corporal punishment in all settings (at home, in schools and in other institutions) and conduct awareness-raising efforts to change the public’s attitude to corporal punishment (Slovenia); to continue efforts to eliminate corporal punishment (Brazil, Sweden), especially in schools (Sweden); to put an end, de jure and de facto, to the practice of corporal punishments in traditional judicial systems (France); 21. Explore the possibility of a moratorium on the application of the death penalty towards its complete abolition, in conformity with the latest General Assembly resolutions on the subject (Spain, Brazil, Netherlands, Italy, Canada, Holy See); adopt a leadership role (Ireland) and take concrete steps to move towards the abolition of the death penalty (United Kingdom, Ireland); 22. Step up efforts to prevent torture and ill treatment (Denmark); 23. Decriminalize homosexual relations and practices/consensual same-sex activities between adults (Spain, Netherlands, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Canada); and outlaw discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation (Netherlands);

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