A/HRC/29/11 120.95. Take steps to ensure that allegations of ill-treatment of persons detained by the security and police forces are fully investigated and that perpetrators are held accountable (Canada); 120.96. Combat torture and other inhuman or degrading treatment and ensure that these acts do not go unpunished (France); 120.97. Take measures to ensure that the national mechanism for the prevention of torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment is provided with sufficient resources to operate effectively (Mexico); 120.98. Effectively implement legal amendments in order to guarantee the rights of persons deprived of liberty, particularly in places of detention (Albania); 120.99. Continue the national strategy for combating violence against women (Angola); 120.100. Take the legal steps necessary to protect women against domestic violence (Switzerland); 120.101. Intensify efforts to address violence against women, in particular domestic violence (Latvia); 120.102. Implement comprehensive legislation to effectively combat the widespread cases of violence against women and offer further protection to victims of domestic violence (Sierra Leone); 120.103. Adopt legislation to prohibit and combat domestic violence (Brazil); 120.104. Continue efforts to combat domestic violence, also by the adoption of a distinct law on this topic (Romania); 120.105. Adopt stand-alone legislation on domestic violence and set up a specialized referral system for victims of domestic abuse, wherein violence will be qualified as a criminal and civil offence subject to prosecution and punishment (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland); 120.106. Adopt a stand-alone law to combat domestic violence, so that violence against women will be qualified as a criminal and civil offence subject to prosecution (Norway); 120.107. Adopt comprehensive legislation to combat domestic and genderbased violence (Slovenia); 120.108. Take up the processing and approval of the draft law on gender violence, with a view to providing victims with mechanisms for protection and effective reparation (Spain); 120.109. Adopt without delay national legislation on domestic violence and create public institutions that offer assistance and protection for victims of domestic violence (Germany); 120.110. Take concrete measures to combat violence against women and children as well as expedite the adoption of the draft law on domestic violence that would allow victims to file complaints and seek protection (Thailand); 120.111. Strengthen protection of women’s rights, particularly by adopting legal measures to prohibit gender-based and domestic violence against women and girls (Albania); 20

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