A/HRC/38/15 118.108 Continue with the implementation of measures aimed at a broad national strategy focused on equality between men and women, that would allow continuing narrowing the gender gap for any reason (Paraguay); 118.109 Take further steps to encourage women’s participation in the public sphere (Bulgaria); 118.110 Continue to promote the protection and mainstreaming of gender in all public and private activities (Angola); 118.111 Incorporate in legislation the principle of gender equality and non-discrimination in the public and private spheres (Plurinational State of Bolivia); 118.112 Take necessary steps towards harmonizing its religious laws governing marriage and divorce with the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and amend its legislation to allow for civil marriages without discrimination on the ground of religion or belief (Slovakia); 118.113 Continue its efforts to combat domestic and gender-based violence against women (Nepal); 118.114 Continue to tackle the problem of gender-based violence in a vigorous manner (Georgia); 118.115 Take note of the reports of pervasive and serious domestic and sexual violence against women, by the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, and redouble its efforts to address this issue (Japan); 118.116 Strengthen measures to combat gender-based violence, including through the implementation of relevant laws to ensure justice for victims (Rwanda); 118.117 In compliance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child, apply the definition of the child to all persons under 18 years of age and ensure that this is the minimum age for military recruitment (Uruguay); 1 118.118 Continue efforts aimed at strengthening policies to protect children’s rights (Georgia); 118.119 Take more effective measure to promote children’s rights, in close cooperation with the international community (Myanmar); 118.120 Ensure that all children, whether born to migrants, asylum seekers or refugees living within its territory, have access to birth registration (Sierra Leone); 118.121 Take the necessary measures to ensure that all children in its territory, including migrant, asylum seeker and refugee children, are issued a birth certificate (Togo); 118.122 Continue with action to include forced labour of children in the Criminal Code, explicitly criminalizing it (Paraguay); 118.123 Ensure that reforms in the juvenile justice system that provide safeguards for children are implemented (Sierra Leone); 118.124 That the detention of and judicial proceedings against children fully respect international juvenile justice standards, and in particular the Convention on the Rights of the Child (Austria); 1 16 The recommendation, as read out during the interactive dialogue, was: “Adopt the necessary measures to oversee the application of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in the occupied Arab territories and, in compliance with that convention, apply the definition of the child to all persons under 18 years of age and ensure that this is the minimum age for military recruitment.”