A/HRC/11/28 Page 16 2. Review its domestic legislation with a view to aligning it with the provisions of the human rights instruments that it has ratified (South Africa); 3. Present to the Parliament, as soon as possible, the Police Complaints Bill which is being prepared, and direct particular attention to increasing the awareness of police agents with respect to human rights principles (Algeria); 4. Finalize and adopt the Sexual Offences Bill currently under consideration (Canada); 5. Ensure that rape within marriage is a punishable offence under its legal code (Canada); 6. Ensure that any legislation, regulation or measures concerning the media fully respect the right to freedom of opinion and expression, including freedom of the media, in accordance with article 19 of ICCPR, including by preserving the ability of the media to investigate and report on public officials without fear of penalty (Canada); 7. See that competent institutions carry out a campaign to explain the content of the Constitution distributed to different groups of the society (The Democratic Republic of the Congo); 8. Increase its efforts in ensuring full compliance of its domestic legislation with the Convention on the Rights of the Child, including by introducing a legal minimum age for criminal accountability (Italy) in line with international standards (Germany); Enact a Children’s Act as well as consolidating national legislation which is fully in line with the international obligations it has undertaken (Indonesia); 9. Consider implementing the recommendations of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) contained in paragraph 37 of the national report (Azerbaijan); 10. Give to the Office of the Ombudsperson for Children the necessary resources to carry out its tasks so as to ensure its effective realization of the rights of children (Burkina Faso); 11. Continue its impressive efforts towards realization of children rights, and in this context share its experiences on the work of the Ombudsperson for Children (Botswana); 12. Implement the recommendations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (South Africa); 13. Continue its efforts on behalf of the defence and sustainability of a pluralistic democracy, good governance, economic and social development and the strengthening of national human rights institutions (Côte d’Ivoire); 14. Finalize and implement the National Action Plan on Human Rights, (Zimbabwe, Algeria) as referred to in paragraphs 80 and 81 of the national report (Algeria),

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