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II. CONCLUSIONS AND/OR RECOMMENDATIONS
54.
In the course of the discussion, the following recommendations were made to Poland:
1.
Recommended to Poland to endorse the recommendations made by the Committee
on the Rights of the Child and the Human Rights Committee on the adoption of
legislative measures to ensure compliance of national legislation with the principles
and provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (Angola);
2.
While noting the measures taken by Poland to address the continuing occurrence
of violence against children, recommended that measures be taken by the
Government to ensure the sufficient legal protection of the freedom of children
from physical or mental violence (Sweden);
3.
Encouraged Poland to continue its efforts to ensure compliance of its domestic
legislation with the Convention on the Rights of the Child, specifically with regard
to juvenile justice (Mexico);
4.
Recommended that Poland set a date for the ratification of the International
Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
(France);
5.
Recommended to Poland to consider forming twinning relationships or
partnerships with countries that have been through a process of legal reforms on
minority issues to work closely with them on the legal, technical and institutional
challenges involved in introducing change (United Kingdom);
6.
Recommended to Poland to adopt an anti-discrimination law that would ensure
equal treatment and non-discrimination on any grounds, including sexual
orientation and gender identity (Slovenia, United Kingdom and Sweden);
7.
Encouraged Poland to continue its efforts to address the issues of overcrowding of
prisons and delays in court proceedings (Republic of Korea);
8.
Urged Poland to give priority to the implementation of outstanding necessary
improvements of prisons conditions (Denmark);
9.
Having studied all the background information, recommended that a national
programme to combat overcrowding in prisons be developed in order to bring
Polish places of detention into line with international standards (Russian
Federation);
10.
Called upon Poland to alleviate the overcrowding of detention centres and to
review the conditions of detention centres so that they are in conformity with
minimum international standards. Also, recommended that limits be set for pretrial detention, according to minimum international standards (Algeria);
11.
Recommended to systematically and continuously integrate a gender perspective
in the follow-up process to the review (Slovenia);
12.
Urged Poland to implement the recommendations made by the Human Rights
Committee and the Committee against Torture to put in place legislative measures
to sanction manifestations of repeated hate speech and intolerance (Slovenia);
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