A/HRC/29/16 132.53. Prohibit corporal punishment, especially in schools, in accordance with article 19 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, as previously recommended (Slovenia);3 132.54. Develop a comprehensive national strategy and adopt a national coordinating framework to ban all corporal punishment against children (Germany); 132.55. Take all the necessary measures including law reform initiatives to eliminate violence against children in all its forms, including corporal punishment (Namibia); 132.56. Put in place an independent organ to investigate complaints of abuses perpetrated by members of the country’s security forces (Spain); 132.57. Increase age of criminal liability to 18 (Kuwait); 132.58. Continue efforts for the prompt adoption of the Law on Juvenile Justice (Nicaragua); 132.59. Raise the age of criminal responsibility (Slovenia); 132.60. Increase the minimum age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 18 years (Sierra Leone); 132.61. Respect and protect the right to freedom of expression online and offline and bring its national legislation fully in line with international standards, including by decriminalizing defamation; and to develop selfregulatory mechanisms of the media (Estonia); 132.62. Intensify efforts to improve the quality of education, to deal with the issue of high dropout rates, and continue to increase resources for educational infrastructure (Philippines); 132.63. Continue its efforts in addressing the challenges in the promotion of the rights to education, inter alia through addressing high rates of student withdrawal from schools (Armenia); 132.64. Adopt a national action plan for the improvement of the situation for indigenous peoples (Sweden). 133. All conclusions and/or recommendations contained in the present report reflect the position of the submitting State(s) and/or the State under review. They should not be construed as endorsed by the Working Group as a whole. 3 24 The recommendation as read during the interactive dialogue: “We therefore reiterate our past recommendations No. 70.29, 70.39 and 70.49.”