A/HRC/32/15 prosecuting perpetrators, and ensuring victims are protected and have access to medical and legal services (Canada); 119.3 Strengthen ongoing efforts against domestic violence, including by adopting comprehensive legislation that would establish specific offences in this realm, and by establishing adequate monitoring and investigative mechanisms (Turkey); 119.4 Make efforts to adopt comprehensive legislation on violence against women with provisions on domestic violence and marital rape as specific offences in the Criminal Law and punish perpetrators as well as provide assistance and recovery for victims (Republic of Korea); 119.5 Pass legislation which qualifies domestic violence and spousal rape as crimes (Costa Rica); 119.6 Incorporate the definition of torture into the criminal code in conformity with the standards in the Convention against Torture (Paraguay); 119.7 Ensure the conformity of the definition of torture in criminal law with the Convention against Torture, that the crime of torture is not subject to the statute of limitations and that the detention facilities are subject to monitoring by impartial and independent mechanisms (Egypt); 119.8 Define incitement to violence on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity as a criminal offence (South Africa) (Iceland); 119.9 Take measures to strengthen the role and capacity of the Ombudsman to address issues such as non-discrimination (Namibia); 119.10 Provide the office of the Ombudsman with the human and financial resources necessary for it to exercise its mandate in accordance with the principles relating to the status of national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights (Portugal); 119.11 Ensure that all allegations of torture and ill-treatment are investigated by an independent mechanism, and that alleged perpetrators are effectively prosecuted (Turkey); 119.12 Implement the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment’s recommendation on offering at least 4 m2 per prisoner in multi-occupancy cells (Norway); 119.13 Take the necessary steps to ensure that persons with disabilities have adequate means to participate in politics, especially in the electoral process (Thailand). 120. The following recommendations will be examined by Latvia which will provide responses in due time, but no later than the thirty-second session of the Human Rights Council in June 2016: 120.1 Recognize the competence of Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to receive and consider communications from individuals (South Africa); 120.2 Ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Portugal) (South Africa); 120.3 Accede to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (Turkey); 18

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