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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);
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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)”
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