A/HRC/44/52/Add.2 the efficient initiation of criminal proceedings after the victim has reached the age of majority; (c) Repeal articles 149 and 150 of the Comprehensive Criminal Code (2014) to ensure that no criminal charges can be brought against women and girls who undergo abortion or against qualified health-care professionals and all others who provide and assist in the abortion; (d) Adopt legislation to provide for expanded grounds for legal abortion, at least where there is a threat to the pregnant woman’s physical or mental health or severe fetal impairment or when the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest; (e) Introduce, as an interim measure, a moratorium on the application of criminal laws concerning abortion, and halt all related arrests, investigations and criminal prosecutions, including of women seeking post-abortion care and of healthcare professionals; (f) Ensure that all possible legal avenues are applied to re-examine and review the cases of women who are in prison on charges related to abortion in order to ensure their release, including through Presidential pardon; (g) Strengthen the status and mandate of the National Council on Gender Equality and ensure the provision of adequate budgetary and human resources for implementing, monitoring and evaluating activities related to combating violence against women; (h) Expand the activities of the Ombudsperson, particularly in relation to receiving complaints from women who have been victims of rape and sexual violence, and in the prevention of femicide. 97. Concerning health, the Government should: (a) Expedite the adoption of the new health code and ensure the accessibility and affordability of sexual and reproductive health services and products, including safe, modern contraception, oral and emergency contraception (long-term or permanent), and adopt a protocol to facilitate access at pharmacies, clinics and hospitals; (b) Provide women and girls with access to high-quality abortion and postabortion care in all public health facilities, and adopt guidance on doctor-patient confidentiality in this area; (c) Develop training for health-care professionals on providing legal abortions, particularly on the grounds of a threat to life or physical and mental health; (d) Ensure the inclusion of age-appropriate, comprehensive and scientifically accurate education on sexual and reproductive health as a compulsory curriculum component for adolescents, including information on early pregnancy prevention and access to abortion, and monitor its implementation. 98. Concerning educational settings, the Government should: (a) Ensure that schools are fully involved in the promotion of a protective environment for children, and assist in the promotion of such an environment. The combined efforts of public authorities, communities, teachers, parents and civil society organizations are needed to ensure better protection from violence (A/HRC/23/35/Add.2, para. 97); (b) Ensure the provision of reparations and remedies for survivors of sexual violence in schools and universities, including through a public apology and other appropriate measures of reparation to child survivors of sexual violence and their families. 99. Concerning women in detention, the Government should improve prison conditions for women and their children, in particular to ensure that there are adequate health-care facilities, including facilities for obstetric and gynaecological 18

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