A/HRC/16/3 77.5. Continue to prioritize and implement policies and legislation to address violence against women and the protection of the human rights of children (South Africa); 77.6. Prioritize enforcement of its domestic legislation, including the Penal Law, the Rape Law and the National Gender-Based Violence Plan of Action, empower its Special Court for Rape and Other Forms of Violence as well as the Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Unit under the Ministry of Justice, and implement appropriate national public awareness programmes to address violence against women (Slovakia);1 77.7. Implement legislation and policies aimed at eliminating sexual and gender-based violence, and increase the capacity of Liberian courts specializing in sexual violence to ensure the expedient processing of rape and other sexual assault cases (Australia); 77.8. Accelerate the process for the adoption of the national human rights action plan for Liberia and the adoption of the proposed children’s act (Egypt); 77.9. Take further legislative and policy measures to protect the rights of children, including by ensuring that Liberia meets its obligations under the CRC and the Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography (Australia); 77.10. Pursue efforts to harmonize its national legislation with its international obligations (Senegal); 77.11. Consider establishing the post of an ombudsman to coordinate and monitor the performance of its institutions, assess the outcome and impact of various initiatives, and provide periodic reports (Finland); 77.12. Finalize the establishment of the Independent National Commission of Human Rights with wide civil society involvement regarding nominations (Hungary); 77.13. Encourage the structural strengthening of civil society organizations that advocate the promotion and protection of human rights (Côte d’Ivoire); 77.14. Continue to strengthen the technical capacity and expertise of Ministries and other governmental organs and other institutions with competence in the field of human rights (Chile); 77.15. Continue to strengthen the National Human Rights Commission (Bangladesh); 77.16. Continue to reinforce its national programmes in the area of education and to seek the necessary technical and financial assistance to accompany it in its integration of human rights education and training into its programmes (Morocco); 1 14 The recommendation made during the interactive dialogue was “Prioritize enforcement of its domestic legislation, including the Penal Law, the Rape Law and the National Gender-Based Violence Plan of Action, empower its Special Court for Rape and Other Forms of Violence as well as the Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Unit under the Ministry of Justice, and implement appropriate national public awareness programmes to address this negative phenomenon” (Slovakia).

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