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82.
The following recommendations will be examined by Sierra Leone which will
provide responses in due time, but no later than the eighteenth session of the Human
Rights Council in September 2011. The response of Sierra Leone to these
recommendations will be included in the outcome report adopted by the Human
Rights Council at that session:
82.1. Accede to/or ratify the following international instruments: the
Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination against Women; Convention against Torture and Other Cruel,
Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and its Optional Protocol;
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; Rome Statute of the
International Criminal Court; Optional Protocol to the International Covenant
on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; and the second Optional Protocol to
the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Ecuador);
82.2.
Sign the Second Optional Protocol to ICCPR (Portugal);
82.3. Sign and ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights which prohibits the death penalty in all
circumstances (France);
82.4. Ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights with a view to abolishing the death penalty as soon as
possible (Belgium);
82.5. Continue to adapt the legislation to ensure the full implementation of
the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against
Women and, in particular, expressly prohibit and criminalize female genital
mutilation (France);
82.6. Introduce reforms of domestic laws and regulations aiming at the
eliminating all forms of discrimination against women (Ecuador);
82.7. Bring its legislation into conformity with its commitment to equality
and non-discrimination for all by prohibiting discrimination based on sexual
orientation or gender identity (Canada);
82.8. Repeal all provisions which may be applied to criminalize sexual
activity between consenting adults (Norway);
82.9. Repeal all provisions criminalizing sexual activity between consenting
adults (Netherlands);
82.10. Enact the Freedom of Information bill, and repeal laws that that
provide criminal penalties for libel (United States);
82.11. Adopt concrete measures to implement the National Gender Plan and
the National Action Plan on United Nations Security Council resolutions 1325
(2000) and 1820 (2008) and consider the opportunity of adopting a national
strategy to combat violence against women (Algeria);
82.12. Establish a strategy to seek the elimination of practices of
discrimination against women and eliminate female genital mutilation (Costa
Rica);
82.13. Adopt a national strategy for the elimination of violence against women
(Norway);
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