A/HRC/23/7 116.17. Ratify the International Convention on the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearances, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (France); 116.18. Ratify the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Optional Protocol, and opt-in to the enquiry and inter-state mechanisms (Germany); 116.19. Consider signing the SADC Protocol on Gender and Development (Norway); 116.20. Consider ratifying the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers and Their Families and the ILO Convention 189 (Philippines); 116.21. Ratify the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of all Migrant Workers and members of their families (Rwanda); 116.22. Speed up the process towards ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Rwanda); 116.23. Consider the ratification of the new third Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communication procedure (Slovakia); 116.24. Reform customary law to eliminate restrictions on women’s access to property (United States of America); 116.25. Raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility (Togo); 116.26. Raise the age of criminality (Turkey); 116.27. Raise the age of criminal responsibility, which is currently set at 8 years (France); 116.28. Raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility to an internationally accepted level, and in line with the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Beijing rules and Riyadh guidelines (Uruguay); 116.29. Raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility in accordance with international standards, which should allow Botswana to withdraw its reservation to article 1 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (Hungary);12 116.30. Review the inconsistencies between the Children’s Act of 2009 and international obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, such as the prohibition of corporal punishment of children in all settings (Liechtenstein); 116.31. Issue a standing invitation to the Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council (Czech Republic); 116.32. Extend an open invitation to Special Procedures (Guatemala); 12 The recommendation made during the interactive dialogue was as follows: “Harmonize the minimum age of criminal responsibility, which currently is 8 years, with international standards, which should clear the obstacle to withdrawing its reservation to article 1 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (Hungary)” 21

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