A/HRC/23/7 115.83. Strengthen the promotion and protection of the rights of the elderly (Senegal); 115.84. Continue efforts to provide comprehensive primary education (Kuwait); 115.85. Continue to ensure full access to education for children (Egypt); 115.86. Continue its efforts to ensure full access to education (Bangladesh); 115.87. Redouble efforts to increase women’s participation in education, including tertiary education (Timor-Leste); 115.88. Continue efforts aimed at enhancing the welfare of peoples with disabilities, including taking the appropriate steps to ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Malaysia); 115.89. That the Government has a continued focus on the situation of the San people and their rights in Botswana (Norway); 115.90. Take appropriate measures to protect and promote the rights of disadvantaged groups (Congo);8 115.91. Consider the possibility to seek further international cooperation in order to find sustainable solutions in the area of refugees law (Paraguay); 115.92. Intensify its efforts to create awareness regarding the primacy of constitutional law with respect to customary laws and practices (Uruguay);9 115.93. Ensure that the decisions of the customary courts may be challenged before common law courts (Uruguay);10 116. The recommendations listed below will be further examined by Botswana and its position on each of these recommendations will be provided in due time, but no later than the twenty-third session of the Human Rights Council in June 2013: 116.1. Ratify the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and its Optional Protocol (Timor-Leste); 116.2. Ratify the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Congo); 116.3. Consider ratifying the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights to strengthen the rights of the citizens of Botswana to economic development (Namibia); 116.4. Consider acceding to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Kenya); 8 9 10 The recommendation made during the interactive dialogue was as follows: “Take appropriate measures to protect and promote the rights of indigenous populations (Congo).” The recommendation made during the interactive dialogue was as follows: “Intensify its efforts to create awareness regarding the primacy of constitutional law with respect to customary laws and practices; ensure that the proceedings of customary courts are in line with the domestic courts and that its decisions may be challenged before such courts (Uruguay).” The recommendation made during the interactive dialogue was as follows: “Intensify its efforts to create awareness regarding the primacy of constitutional law with respect to customary laws and practices; ensure that the proceedings of customary courts are in line with the domestic courts and that its decisions may be challenged before such courts (Uruguay).” 19

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