A/HRC/44/15 (a) With regard to the issue of nationality and citizenship rights for women and their children, the Ministry of Justice and the United Nations Children’s Fund were working on a project aimed at producing draft legislation to ensure that the children of Kiribati women were not discriminated against; (b) As for a concern expressed regarding tuberculosis, the Government planned to set up a new ward in the central hospital on Christmas Island for patients with tuberculosis; (c) Regarding sexual education in schools, a plan was being developed under the Gender Equality and Women Development Policy 2019–2022 with a view to creating a school curriculum on sexual and reproductive rights; (d) Concerning the Penal Code as it related to corporal punishment, the delegation highlighted that that issue had been taken care of in the amendment to the Children, Young People and Family Welfare Act of 2013, but needed to be reflected in the Penal Code. II. Conclusions and/or recommendations 80. The following recommendations will be examined by Kiribati, which will provide responses in due time, but no later than the forty-fourth session of the Human Rights Council. 80.1 Sign and ratify the core international human rights instruments to which Kiribati is not yet a party, in particular the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and its Second Optional Protocol aiming at the abolition of the death penalty (Italy); 80.2 Ratify core human rights treaties and conventions, in particular the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and its Second Optional Protocol aiming at the abolition of the death penalty (Ukraine); Accede to core human rights international instruments, particularly the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and its Second Optional Protocol aiming at the abolition of the death penalty (Mexico); 80.3 Take steps to sign and ratify core international human rights instruments, particularly the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Indonesia); 80.4 Consider ratifying the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Nepal); Consider becoming party to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (India); 80.5 Accede to the international human rights instruments to which it is not yet a party, and seek continuing support from the technical and financial partners in order to strengthen its capacities in the field of human rights (Niger); 80.6 Sign and ratify the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Spain); 80.7 Ratify the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Honduras) (Vanuatu) (Bahamas) (France) (Solomon Islands) (Seychelles); 80.8 Ratify the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and its Optional Protocols (Germany); 80.9 Sign and ratify the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Spain); 11

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