A/HRC/18/18 79.15. Consider ratifying International Labour Organization Convention No. 169 (1989) concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries and take operational steps to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (Norway); 79.16. Ensure without delay the full incorporation of CEDAW provisions into domestic law, and take further steps to prevent all forms of gender-based violence (Slovenia); 79.17. Put in place legislation ensuring the equality of men and women and prohibiting discrimination against women (Canada); 79.18. Eliminate any legislation that has discriminatory effects against women in family and public life, in line with CEDAW, by, inter alia, including “gender” as a prohibited ground of discrimination in its Constitution (Norway); 79.19. Review its national legislation so as to repeal all laws giving rise to discrimination against women and girls, with the aim of bringing the domestic system into line with the commitments made at the international level (Switzerland); 79.20. Amend its legislation to include the principle of equality between men and women; Parliament should adopt the equality and participation bill in order to enhance gender equality in the political sphere (Norway); 79.21. Develop a legislative reform package to eliminate gender-based violence (Germany); 79.22. Enact and implement a comprehensive legal framework addressing all forms of violence against women (Poland); 79.23. Adopt an adequate legal framework to combat all forms of violence against women and put in place an effective complaint system in order to bring the perpetrators of these acts before justice (France); 79.24. Adopt legislative measures to eliminate gender violence and ensure that all women and girls who were victims of gender violence have access, among others, to health, legal and emergency services as recommended by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (Spain); 79.25. Withdraw support from the proposed amendment that would curtail the power of the Ombudsman Commission, especially its ability to investigate independently human rights violations (United Kingdom); 79.26. Consider including the component of human rights education and training in its national education programme and in the training programmes for the police and those who administrate justice (Costa Rica); 79.27. Develop proactive strategies for economic development and social cultural transformation, with priority given to addressing the problems of discrimination against women, gender-based violence, the HIV/AIDS epidemic, child labour, corporal punishment of children, and sorcery-related killings (Thailand); 79.28. Strengthen its cooperation with treaty bodies and give the greatest possible attention to the recommendations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child and the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and the various United Nations joint reports (Haiti); 17

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