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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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