A/HRC/16/4 105.1. Completely overhaul the legal system to ensure the compliance of the Constitution and all other domestic legislation with international human rights obligations and standards and, in this regard, amend and/or derogate all legal provisions, including customary law, which result in discrimination, especially on the basis of sexual orientation (Mexico); 105.2. Consider revising its national legislation in order to prevent situations of statelessness (Brazil); 105.3. Present the constitutive documents for the establishment of the Malawi Human Rights Commission to the International Coordination Committee of National Human Rights Institutions so that they can be disseminated and their status determined in accordance with the Paris Principles (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya); 105.4. Ensure that clear targets and indicators are developed with civil society in the next Growth and Development Strategy to protect and monitor human rights, particularly the rights of women and girls (Canada); 105.5. Continue to implement its national laws in accordance with the universally agreed human rights norms and principles (Egypt); 105.6. Design policies and programmes aimed at combating harmful traditional practices, in particular female genital mutilation (Egypt); 105.7. Take further action towards gender equality, including a legal provision on the minimum age for marriage (Hungary); 105.8. Repeal legislation that causes Malawian women to lose their citizenship when marrying a foreign national (Austria); 105.9. In accordance with recommendations made by CEDAW, take all appropriate measures in order to eliminate all forms of discrimination against rural women and harmful traditional practices (Luxembourg); 105.10. Ensure that discriminatory laws are amended or repealed, adopt a comprehensive strategy to modify or eliminate negative cultural practices and stereotypes, and strengthen efforts to implement existing legislative measures regarding violence against women, including assistance and protection for victims (Slovenia); 105.11. Strengthen efforts to eliminate discrimination against girls and vulnerable groups such as children with disabilities and orphans (Bangladesh); 105.12. Proceed to a de jure moratorium on the death penalty at the earliest possible date, with a view to its final abolition and, in this regard, sign and ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Spain); 105.13. Abolish the death penalty (Switzerland); 105.14. Take all necessary social, education and legal measures towards the complete elimination of female genital mutilation (Italy); 105.15. Adopt legal measures to prohibit, sanction and effectively prevent the practice of female genital mutilation (Argentina); 105.16. Recognize the equality of women and, if it is needed, reinforce the prohibition of female genital mutilation (Holy See); 20

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