A/HRC/28/8 99.1 Consider expediting the ratifications of the core human rights treaties to which it is not yet a party, as recommended previously (Republic of Korea); 99.2 Consider positively signing core human rights treaties to which it is not yet a party (United Republic of Tanzania); 99.3 Consider the timely ratification of the major international human rights instruments, including the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT) (Japan); 99.4 Ratify ICCPR (Montenegro); Ratify ICCPR (Uruguay); Ratify the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Algeria); Accord priority to the ratification of ICCPR (India); Accelerate the ratification process of ICCPR (Switzerland); Take steps to ratify and implement ICCPR (Kenya); Ratify the core international human rights instruments such as ICCPR (Sierra Leone); Ratify ICCPR (Estonia); Consider becoming a party to ICCPR (New Zealand); Ratify, in particular, ICCPR (Italy); Move on speedily to the ratification and/or application of human rights instruments, particularly the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Chile); Accede to the international treaties on human rights and ratify ICCPR (Portugal); 99.5 Accede to the Second Optional Protocol to ICCPR aiming at the abolition of the death penalty (Germany); 99.6 Ratify the Second Optional Protocol to ICCPR (Estonia); Accede to the international treaties on human rights and ratify the Second Optional Protocol to ICCPR (Portugal); 99.7 Ratify ICESCR (Algeria); Accord priority to the ratification of ICESCR (India); Accelerate the ratification process of ICESCR (Switzerland); Take steps to ratify and implement ICESCR (Kenya); Ratify the core international human rights instruments such as ICESCR (Sierra Leone); Ratify, in particular, ICESCR (Italy); Accede to the international treaties on human rights and ratify ICESCR (Portugal); 99.8 Ratify CAT (Algeria); Speed up the process of ratification of CAT as one of the important steps in its commitment to the observance of human rights (Indonesia); Accelerate the ratification process of CAT (Switzerland); Take steps to ratify and implement CAT (Kenya); Ratify the core international human rights instruments such as CAT (Sierra Leone); Consider becoming a party to CAT (New Zealand); Ratify, in particular, CAT (Italy); Move on speedily to the ratification and/or application of human rights instruments, particularly CAT (Chile); Accede to the international treaties on human rights and ratify CAT (Portugal); 99.9 Take the necessary steps to ratify CAT (Ghana); 99.10 Consider ratifying the optional protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which, inter alia, guard against the involvement of children in armed conflict (OP-CRC-AC) and guard against the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography (OP-CRC-SC), which Fiji signed in 2005 (Namibia); Accede to the international treaties on human rights and ratify OPCRC-AC and OP-CRC-SC (Portugal); 14