A/HRC/12/7 Page 19 31. Consider raising the age of criminal responsibility (Azerbaijan); 32. Explicitly and entirely prohibit any kind of corporal punishment of children by law, even in cases of so-called “reasonable chastisement” within the family (Italy and Germany); and strengthen measures to prevent and combat child abuse and ill-treatment (Italy); 33. Provide and improve training programmes on human rights for the judiciary, law enforcement personnel and lawyers (Jordan); 34. Continue its policy in defence of the right to life (Holy See); 35. Continue its policy to protect the family as the natural and fundamental group unit of society based on the stable relationship between a man and a woman (Holy See, Bangladesh); 36. Pay more attention to solving the issue of under-representation of women, which subsists in many areas of society, including in decision-making (Azerbaijan); continue to offer programmes to train women in political leadership and implement awareness campaigns with respect to the their political participation (Argentina); continue to work towards ensuring greater representation of women in high-level policy and decision-making institutions, especially in the national legislature and local government bodies (Bangladesh); 37. Carefully consider the implementation of the recommendations of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on women’s reproductive health and rights (Finland); 38. Formulate a national policy on sexual education (Finland); 39. Put in place an adequate health education programme and ensure effective access to health advisory services, notably for matters related to sexuality and sexual and reproductive rights (Belgium); 40. Consider updating its domestic law to suppress the term “prohibit immigrants” and avoid its legal consequences, particularly administrative detention, for all undocumented asylum seekers (Brazil); 41. Review its legislation and practice with a view to ensuring effective access to asylum procedures, upholding the principle of non-refoulement, and ensure the protection of all human rights of asylum seekers upon entry and also during the procedure, including by minimizing their detention, ensuring access to legal counsel and providing in particular all persons in detention with all procedural safeguards in compliance with international standards (Czech Republic); 42. Strengthen its efforts to make the legal system for asylum seekers effectively accessible, prevent delays and administrative obstacles and guarantee to asylum seekers the necessary procedural safeguards in detention according to international standards (Netherlands);

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