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2.
To consider withdrawing, as soon as possible, its reservation to the
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
and to ensure that its national law and practice is in conformity with it
(Norway);
3.
To review its reservations to the Convention on the Elimination of All
Forms of Discrimination against Women with a view to withdrawing them,
especially the reservation to the right of a child to obtain Qatari nationality
from a Qatari women married to a foreign man (Netherlands);
4.
To end discrimination against women by amending its legislation to
guarantee women equal rights, in accordance with its international obligations,
including with regard to marriage and divorce (Sweden);
5.
To take legislative measures to eliminate discrimination against women,
particularly in the area of marriage and divorce (Chile);
6.
To ensure that LGBT persons are not discriminated against and, as an
immediate step, to amend the provisions of the penal code criminalizing
consensual sexual activity among persons of the same sex and to ensure that no
one is punished for such activity under Sharia law (Sweden);
7.
To consider establishing an official moratorium on the use of death
penalty with a view to abolishing it, as provided by General Assembly
resolutions 62/149and 63/168 (Slovenia);
8.
To declare a moratorium on executions in line with the General
Assembly resolutions 62/149 and 63/168 (United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland);
9.
To commute all death sentences and declare a moratorium on executions
(Norway);
10.
To consider abolishing the death penalty and corporal punishment, in
particular against children (Brazil);
11.
To establish a moratorium on capital punishment, commuting such
crimes to sentences of deprivation of liberty; if not, to find a way to harmonize
criminal and penal norms and laws with international human rights law
(Spain);
12.
To abolish stoning and flogging from its legislation, as mentioned by the
Committee against Torture (Chile).
87.
All conclusions and/or recommendations contained in the present report reflect
the position of the submitting State(s) and/or the State under review. They should not
be construed as endorsed by the Working Group as a whole.
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