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117.21. Repeal the death penalty from the domestic legal order and ratify the
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights (Uruguay);15
117.22. Apply strict measures to stamp out corporal punishment in school and
home settings (Timor-Leste);
117.23. Take measures to eliminate corporal punishment that could lead to
torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment for victims, mainly children
(Costa Rica);
117.24. Continue to combat corporal punishment of children in all
circumstances (Djibouti);
117.25. Prohibit corporal punishment of children (Slovenia);
117.26. Ensure that all violence against women and girls constitutes a criminal
offence, that victims have access to immediate means of redress and protection;
and that all perpetrators are prosecuted (Ireland); 16
117.27. Decriminalize consensual same-sex activities between adults and
promote tolerance in this regard (Czech Republic);
117.28. Evaluate
(Argentina);
to
repeal the
criminalization of
same-sex relations
117.29. De-criminalize same sex activities and adopt policies to counter
discrimination against LGBT (Netherlands);
117.30. Decriminalize consensual sexual relations between same-sex adults and
strength efforts to combat discrimination against those persons, while
respecting their rights to association and representation in civil society (Spain);
117.31. Remove relevant articles of the Penal Code criminalising same sex
sexual activities (Slovakia);
117.32. Guarantee the fundamental rights of all persons living in Botswana
and thereby decriminalize sexual relations of consenting adults of the same sex
(France);
117.33. Fully implement the 2006 High Court ruling and allow all San
individuals who want to live on the Central Kalahari Game Reserve to do so
(United States of America);
117.34. Guarantee the return of the San communities to the Kalahari reserve,
and facilitate their access to safe drinking water and sanitation (Spain);
117.35. Ensure that tourism development in the Central Kalahari Reserve
allows indigenous peoples to continue with its traditional practices, including
hunting and harvesting for subsisting, as well as access to water (Mexico);
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The recommendation made during the interactive dialogue was as follows: “Hold a public debate on
the death penalty, in which all the aspects of the issue should be highlighted in a holistic manner, in
order to repeal it from the domestic legal order and to ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Uruguay).”
The recommendation made during the interactive dialogue was as follows: “Enact specific legislation
on marital rape to ensure that all violence against women and girls constitutes a criminal offence, that
victims have access to immediate means of redress and protection; and that all perpetrators are
prosecuted (Ireland).”
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