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102.5. Elaborate a National Action Plan for the promotion and protection of
human rights that allows federal and non-federal institutions that work in this
field to better coordinate policies and their implementation (Ecuador);
102.6. Establish a national human rights institution fully compliant with the
Paris Principles by elaborating an action plan for the protection and promotion
of human rights (Djibouti);
102.7. Accelerate the process of withdrawal of declarations under article 2 of
the Convention on the Rights of the Child concerning non-discrimination
principle, which limits the enjoyment of the Convention rights by children who
do not have Belgian nationality (Kyrgyzstan);
102.8. Renew its action plan against the sexual exploitation of children for
commercial purposes (Canada);
102.9. Adopt clear and comprehensive legislation regarding domestic
violence, in full compliance with CEDAW recommendations (Brazil);
102.10. Develop a comprehensive and coordinated national strategy to combat
all forms of violence against women and girls, as recommended in 2008 by the
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (Kyrgyzstan);
102.11. Ratify, pursuant to the recommendation of the Committee on
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Council of Europe Framework
Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (Russian Federation);
102.12. Further step up efforts to extend the action plan against domestic
violence to cover all forms of violence against women (Norway);
102.13. Circulate and implement the Bangkok Rules on the treatment of
women prisoners and non-custodial measures for women offenders as part of
its reform of the judicial system (Thailand).
103.
The recommendations below did not enjoy the support of Belgium:
103.1. Ratify the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of
all Migrant Workers and Members of their Families (Argentina; Islamic
Republic of Iran; Egypt; Pakistan; Democratic Republic of Congo; Palestine);
103.2. Adhere to international human rights instruments, which it is not yet a
party to, notably the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights
of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (Burkina Faso);
103.3. Reconsider its position relating to the ratification of the International
Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and
Members of Their Families pursuing to recommendation 1737 of 17 March
2006 of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, which Belgium
is a member of (Algeria);
103.4. Consider acceding to the International Convention on the Protection of
the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (Nigeria);
Accede to the International Convention on the Rights on the Protection of all
Migrant Workers and Members of their Families as an additional fundamental
step for the protection of human rights (Guatemala, Ecuador);
103.5. Afford sufficient legal safeguards so that complaints by foreigners do
not have negative consequences regarding their stay in the country, in order to
implement penal provisions relative to acts of xenophobia and racial
discrimination and to investigate and effectively sanction human rights
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