A/HRC/25/16 be more in line with the principles relating to the status of national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights (Paris Principles). 110. Thanking all delegations for their comments and recommendations, he said that the universal periodic review had demonstrated its usefulness and that the Congo would consider seriously the recommendations emanating from it. II. Conclusions and/or recommendations** 111. The recommendations formulated during the interactive dialogue/listed below have been examined by the Congo and enjoy the support of Congo: 111.1 Continue ratifying the rest of the conventions relative to human rights that it has not ratified (Libya); 111.2 (Togo); Ratify the human rights instruments to which it is not yet a party 111.3 Continue its efforts for the ratification of the international legal instruments to which it is not yet a party (Benin); 111.4 Continue to ratify relevant international conventions (Uganda); 111.5 Ratify the international human rights instruments that have been signed but not yet ratified, particularly the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the Optional Protocol of the Convention Against Torture and the Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (Costa Rica); 111.6 Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and proceed with the corresponding legal reforms in compliance with said Convention (Uruguay); 111.7 Ratify the optional protocol to CAT which it signed in 2008 (Maldives); 111.8 Abolish by law the death penalty and proceed to the ratification of the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Uruguay); 111.9 Abolish now the death penalty for all crimes and ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Australia); 111.10 Abolish legally the death penalty and ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (France); 111.11 Legally abolish the death penalty for all offenses and accede to the Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR (Germany); 111.12 Ratify the second optional protocol to ICCPR and abolish the death penalty for all crimes (Hungary); 111.13 Declare immediately a moratorium on the application of death penalty and initiate the constitutional and legislative reforms leading to their total abolition (Spain); ** Conclusions and recommendations have not been edited. GE.14-10049 13

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