A/HRC/18/9 Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (Spain); 93.6. Ratify the Second Optional Protocol to International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty (Lithuania); 93.7. Continue the work towards the abolition of the death penalty under all circumstances and accede to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty (Sweden); 93.8. Ratify at the earliest the Second Optional Protocol to International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights as well as Protocol No. 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights concerning the abolition of the death penalty (Belgium); 93.9. Ratify at the earliest the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and fully recognize the competence of the Committee on Enforced Disappearances, as provided for in articles 31 and 32 of the Convention (France); 93.10. Consider the possibility of ratifying the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Palestine); 93.11. Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Paraguay); 93.12. Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (Belgium); 93.13. Accede to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Ukraine); 93.14. Sign and ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (Ireland); 93.15. Accede to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, and take the necessary steps to remove the death penalty from Latvia’s justice system (Australia); 93.16. Recognize the competence of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to receive and consider communications from individuals (Ecuador); 93.17. Enlarge the mandate and allocate sufficient resources to the Office of the Ombudsman, as a human rights institution, and ensure that it complies with the Paris Principles (Poland); 93.18. Strengthen the mandate, functions and resources of the Ombudsman’s office in accordance with the Paris Principles, particularly by endowing it with means to act and investigate, and apply for its accreditation with the International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (France); 93.19. Empower the Office of the Ombudsman by providing enough resources to ensure its effectiveness and full compliance with the Paris Principles (Norway); 18