A/HRC/41/5 136.217 Fully implement the law on the elimination of violence against women and the 2018 Penal Code by ensuring that cases of violence against women and girls are appropriately investigated and prosecuted through the criminal justice system, and that judges and prosecutors are sufficiently resourced to do their jobs (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland); 136.218 Eliminate discrimination and violence against women and children, also through education on human rights and by raising awareness of the general public (Slovenia); 136.219 Adopt all necessary legal and regulatory measures to eliminate violence and discrimination against girls and women (Sri Lanka); 136.220 Take extra measures to prevent and combat domestic violence and to take care of abandoned children (Algeria); 136.221 Continue measures for women’s empowerment (India); 136.222 Continue efforts to integrate gender equality and the empowerment of women in society (Libya); 136.223 Provide further support for the empowerment of women in the economic sphere (Oman); 136.224 Continue efforts aimed at empowering women (Poland); 136.225 Continue steps taken to achieve the empowerment of women, especially in the economic field (Romania); 136.226 Allocate sufficient economic and human resources for coordination of departments involved in human rights, in particular those which are responsible for safeguarding the empowerment of women in Afghan society (Spain); 136.227 Continue to take the necessary measures to strengthen the rights of children, including with regard to access to education (Albania); 136.228 Effectively promote and promptly implement the 2017 national action plan to eliminate early and child marriage, in full consultation with civil society (Austria); 136.229 Set the legal age for girls to marry at 18 years, and ensure that the law is effectively enforced, including by investigating and prosecuting cases of child marriage (Belgium); 136.230 Abide by the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Afghan child protection policy, notably by ending the unlawful recruitment and use of children in armed conflict (Canada); 136.231 Take appropriate measures to ensure birth registration of all children born in the country, in order to reduce the risk of statelessness (Thailand); 136.232 Continue setting up adequate strategies to protect the rights of children (Tunisia); 136.233 Protect the rights of the child, including girls, notably in the area of access to education and protection against all types of violence (France); 136.234 Adopt measures to prevent and combat violence against women and girls in all sectors (Honduras); 136.235 Take further steps to ensure a framework policy for the protection of the rights of the child in line with international standards (Malta); 136.236 Explicitly prohibit corporal punishment of children in all settings (Montenegro); 23

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