A/HRC/WG.6/5/L.5 page 24 24. Adopt laws prohibiting female genital mutilation and take focused measures to ensure that such practices are dropped as a result of broader awareness-raising campaigns (France); prohibit female genital mutilation (Netherlands); adopt legislation to prohibit female genital mutilation and measures to eradicate this practice, including campaigns to increase awareness of this issue (Spain); 25. Adopt legislation prohibiting practices of violence affecting Congolese women in line with CEDAW and eradicate female genital mutilation (Argentina); 26. Continue efforts undertaken for the protection and realization of the rights of the child, particularly regarding access to education (Algeria); 27. Consider reviewing strategies aimed at the protection of children with a view to developing a comprehensive plan for the care of children and aligning them with the provisions of the CRC and all applicable international human rights instruments to which the Congo is a party (South Africa); 28. Improve procedures aimed at raising the percentage of children registered at birth (Italy); 29. Make further efforts to combat violence and sexual abuses against children for the effective realization of their rights (Burkina Faso); 30. Adopt measures immediately and in line with international human rights standards to protect the rights of children and in particular to prohibit child labour and prevent, criminalize and punish sexual exploitation and child trafficking (France); 31. Reinforce national legislation prohibiting trafficking in persons, in particular children (Angola); criminalize trafficking in children and sexual exploitation of children, in line with international standards, (Argentina); 32. Finalize and enact the draft law prohibiting all forms of trafficking and develop formal procedures for identifying trafficking victims among vulnerable populations such as females in prostitution, street children and Pygmies, and train police and social workers to implement these procedures (United States);

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