A/HRC/29/14 72.55. Strengthen existing measures to protect the rights of children and girl child from all forms of abuse and exploitations and also adopt necessary guidelines and procedures to fully enforce the Juvenile Justice Act (Maldives); 72.56. Increase the minimum age of criminal responsibility from 12 to 18 years (Sierra Leone); 72.57. Raise further the minimum age for criminal responsibility (Portugal); 72.58. Increase the age of criminal responsibility from 12 to 16 years and arrange that convicted minors aged between 16 and 18 years complete their sentences segregated from the adult prison population (Chile); 72.59. Ensure the full implementation of the Juvenile Justice Act (Indonesia); 72.60. Take the necessary steps to proclaim the Juvenile Justice Act which was passed in 2012 (Trinidad and Tobago); 72.61. Adopt legislation and public policies which effectively prevent discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity (Chile); 72.62. Repeal all provisions of law criminalizing sexual activity between consenting adults (Australia); 72.63. Repeal legislation criminalizing consensual same-sex practices between adults (Canada); 72.64. Take all necessary measures to guarantee that LGBT individuals do not face persecution based on sexual orientation or gender identity, including by decriminalizing same-sex practices in the country (Brazil); 72.65. Remove laws criminalizing same-sex relationships (Sweden); 72.66. Decriminalize homosexuality (France); 72.67. Repeal all legal provisions criminalizing consensual sexual activity between men and combat discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation (Italy); 72.68. Decriminalize free consenting sexual relations between adults of the same sex and implement public policies to address discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity (Spain); 72.69. Repeal all legal provisions that discriminate against persons on the grounds of their sexual orientation, including those in the Sexual Offences Act and in the Criminal Code (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland); 72.70. Include sexual orientation and gender identity as one of the forbidden grounds for discrimination as well as amending the norms relating to the criminalization of homosexual conduct between consenting persons (Uruguay); 72.71. Amend its laws to ensure the protection of the rights of LGBTI persons by including sexual orientation and gender identity as prohibited grounds for discrimination and by decriminalizing same-sex relations (Ireland); 72.72. In consultation with civil society, develop and pass legislation that decriminalizes consensual same-sex sexual conduct (United States of America); 14

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