A/HRC/25/13 99.8. Ensure that the Constitution and legislation include clear provisions on states of emergency, so as to ensure that none of the rights protected under article 4 of ICCPR are suspended in such circumstances, and that the requirements of such suspension are compatible with the above-mentioned Covenant (Uruguay); 99.9. Adjust immigration laws to international standards to which Belize is a party, to avoid discrimination against vulnerable groups in particular persons with cognitive disabilities and LGBT (Colombia); 99.10. Establish a National Human Rights Institution (Paraguay); 99.11. Consider ratifying the ICESCR and creating a National Human Rights Institution in accordance with the Paris Principles (Nicaragua); 99.12. Take measures for the establishment of a national institution for the promotion and protection of human rights in accordance with the Paris Principles, in particular with regard to its Constitutional protection (Mexico); 99.13. Establish a National Human Rights Institution in line with the Paris Principles and set out a detailed roadmap to this effect so that the Institute may commence its work at the earliest possible opportunity (Germany); 99.14. Develop a comprehensive policy for the development of human rights that includes a national human rights institution that allows for the articulation, coordination and implementation of policy in practice (Colombia); 99.15. Ensure that the Office of the Ombudsman is in line with the Paris Principles related to the National Institutions for promotion of human rights (France); 99.16. Ensure that the Office of the Ombudsman continues to operate at full capacity and is brought into conformity with the Paris Principles (Australia); 99.17. Provide state authorities, including law enforcement and judicial officials, with human rights training for the protection of women and members of minority groups, such as lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons (United States of America); 99.18. Strengthen efforts to finalize and present pending reports to corresponding treaty bodies and consider extending a standing invitation to the thematic special procedures as part of its comprehensive cooperation with the international system for the protection and promotion of human rights (Mexico); 99.19. Extend a standing invitation to all special procedures (Montenegro); 99.20. Issue a standing invitation to the special procedures of the Human Rights Council (France); 99.21. Extend an open invitation to the special procedures of the Human Rights Council to visit the country, particularly those who are in a position to offer assistance to strengthen measures for the promotion and protection of human rights in Belize (Peru); 99.22. Take steps towards the abolition of the death penalty (Norway); 99.23. Abolish the death penalty and ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (France); 19

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