A/HRC/38/8 129.26 Enact a moratorium on the use of the death penalty, with a view to abolishing it, and enhance the promotion and the protection of the right to life (Holy See); 129.27 Establish a formal moratorium on the death penalty, as a step towards complete abolition of this practice (Australia); 129.28 Establish and implement a moratorium on executions as a first step towards the abolition of the death penalty (Belgium); 129.29 Establish a moratorium on the use of the death penalty, with a view to its abolition in law and practice (Chile); 129.30 Establish a moratorium on executions, with a view to fully abolishing the death penalty, as previously recommended (Estonia); 129.31 Consider a moratorium on the death penalty, with a view to its legal and practical elimination (Ecuador); 129.32 Repeal the death penalty and consider a moratorium pending its complete abolition (Canada); 129.33 Hold public consultations on the use of the death penalty and consider ratifying the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty (Uruguay); 129.34 Consider initiating an inclusive public discussion on the implementation of a moratorium on the death penalty with the aim of abolishing it (Angola); 129.35 While welcoming the public debates on the death sentence, Namibia encourages Botswana to consider placing a moratorium on executions, commute all death sentences to other sentences and consider ratifying the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty (Namibia); 129.36 Promote a national debate on the death penalty, with a view to establishing a moratorium on executions (Italy); 129.37 Abolish the death penalty definitively, hold a public debate to that end, and, in the meantime, humanize the process to mitigate the suffering of the persons sentenced and their families (Spain); 129.38 Take measures to eliminate all forms of sexual and gender-based violence, including through criminalizing marital rape, investigating and prosecuting all acts of sexual violence and providing training to law enforcement officials on sexual and gender-based violence (Canada); 129.39 Take urgent steps to address gender-based violence, including the creation of an act that makes marital rape illegal in Botswana (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland); 129.40 Enact specific legislation on marital rape and ensure that all violence against women and girls constitutes a criminal offence, as previously recommended (Ireland); 129.41 Abolish the practice of corporal punishment by introducing appropriate changes to legislation (Russian Federation); 129.42 Explicitly prohibit corporal punishment of children in all settings, including in the home, schools and penal institutions (Estonia); 129.43 Outlaw corporal punishment in all settings (Kenya); 129.44 Take legislative measures to prohibit all forms of corporal punishment against children and to conduct awareness-raising campaigns to 21

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