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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.
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The recommendation as read during the interactive dialogue: “We therefore reiterate our past
recommendations No. 70.29, 70.39 and 70.49.”
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