A/HRC/11/23 Page 10 safety and integrity of persons deprived of their liberty; (e) eliminate capital punishment and corporal punishment; (f) guarantee non-discrimination on grounds of religion, belief and ethnicity, including for foreign workers, and (g) achieve effective implementation of these provisions. 48. Mexico made the following recommendations: (a) continue to strengthen cooperation with international mechanisms by responding favourably to the requests from the special procedures that have requested to visit the country; (b) give positive consideration to ratifying the conventions on enforced disappearance, migrant workers, refugees, statelessness and the reduction of cases of statelessness, the Statute of the International Criminal Court, and the Optional Protocol to CAT; (c) follow up on the recommendations from the treaty bodies regarding the rights of women, non-discrimination, torture and children, (d) consider positively declaring a moratorium on the application of the death penalty, with a view its abolition; (e) reinforce efforts in the area of the implementation of obligations under international instruments, in particular to bring legislation into line with the freedom of expression and opinion as stipulated in articles 19 and 20 of ICCPR. 49. Germany asked about the realization of everyone’s right to promote the protection and the realization of human rights individually or in association with others as stipulated in the General Assembly Declaration on Human Rights Defenders. It wondered about steps taken to follow-up on CEDAW’s recommendations concerning the marriage of minors. It also asked the envisioned date of publication of the Human Rights Commission report. Germany recommended that Saudi Arabia (a) implement the 2008 recommendations by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, in particular by abolishing the system of male guardianship over women and enacting comprehensive and effective regulations on gender discrimination; (b) lift its general and its specific reservations to CEDAW; and (c) review its practice of imposing capital and corporal punishment and prohibit all forms of corporal punishment for persons under 18 years of age. 50. Côte d’Ivoire highlighted the remarkable economic and social progress and efforts towards the independence of justice. Like many other countries, Saudi Arabia is struggling for the improvement of its human rights protection system, which could only be achieved taking into account cultural and social specificities. 51. Palestine noted that the Arab Peace Initiative expresses principles to, inter alia, guarantee the right to self-determination and the ending of occupation. It recommended that Saudi Arabia disseminate information and raise awareness about this initiative. It encouraged Saudi Arabia to take all measures to promote and protect the universal characteristic of human rights while protecting its historical, religious and civilizational specificity. Palestine recommended the realization of the law on associations and establishment of civil society to enable them to work in independence without being supervised by official authorities. 52. Indonesia asked Saudi Arabia to elaborate further on the allegation that Saudi domestic law does not explicitly prohibit torture and that the same applies to Shari’a law. 53. Japan understood that Saudi Arabia has taken measures based on the recommendations of CEDAW and asked about the current status of women’s rights and activities being undertaken by the Higher National Committee for Women’s Affairs. It hoped the work to codify penal provisions and take legislative measures for the protection of children pursuant to the recommendations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child will proceed quickly.