A/HRC/32/12 136. The following recommendations will be examined by Somalia, which will provide responses in due time, but no later than the thirty-second session of the Human Rights Council, in June 2016: 136.1 Sign, accede to and/or ratify the main international instruments already agreed in the previous cycle of the universal periodic review (Uruguay); 136.2 Continue its accession to the core international human rights instruments (Azerbaijan); 136.3 Ratify and implement the core human rights instruments, in particular the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, and abolish the death penalty, as previously recommended (Slovenia); 136.4 Sign and ratify the international conventions and covenants in the field of human rights and allow women to contribute to the labour market, education, and political participation (Iraq); 136.5 Ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty (Montenegro); 136.6 Consider ratification of the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights with the view to abolish the death penalty and to introduce a moratorium on executions, as undertaken during the previous review (Namibia); 136.7 Carry out the necessary step for the ratification of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and other human rights treaties (Japan); 136.8 Ratify the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its three Optional Protocols (Madagascar); 136.9 Consider acceding to the Convention against Torture (Egypt); 136.10 Step up its efforts towards ratifying the Convention against Torture (Philippines); 136.11 Fast-track the process to sign and ratify international treaties related to the Convention against Torture (Uganda); 136.12 Sign and ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Italy); 136.13 Ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Guatemala) (Malaysia) (Niger) (Portugal); 136.14 Consider acceding to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Egypt); 136.15 Step up its efforts towards ratifying the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Philippines); 136.16 Fast-track the process to sign and ratify international treaties related to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Uganda); 20

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