A/HRC/8/36 Page 15 programmes to sensitize communities to abolish cultural practices which violate the human rights, life and dignity of women and young girls (Austria); 6. To strengthen its efforts to fully implement the recommendations adopted by the CRC and to prohibit all forms of violence against children (Finland); to take further measures to implement the overarching and setting-specific recommendations of the UN Study on violence against children (Finland); to take the necessary measures to prevent child abuse and neglect and investigate cases of domestic violence, ensuring that sanctions be applied to perpetrators (Italy); and to enhance its efforts in protecting children rights (Switzerland); 7. To take steps to ensure that the initial and second reports (overdue since 2001) on the implementation of measures contained in the ICCPR, as well as in the CAT are submitted in the near future (Hungary); 8. To consider favourably the request of the Special Rapporteur on the right to education and to allow the SR to visit the country (Hungary); 9. To remove impediments women may face in gaining access to justice and take special measures, in collaboration with the CHRAJ, to enhance women’s awareness of their rights, and legal literacy to claim their rights (Hungary); to inform the general public on their rights and how to gain access to justice (The Netherlands); and to expand the legal aid services, in particular to rural areas (Austria); 10. To take steps to address problems related to high illiteracy rates in certain parts of the country, as well as the gender gap between boys and girls in secondary and tertiary education (Hungary); and to continue to give increased attention to the gender gap between girls and boys in their advancement at all levels of education (Algeria); 11. To take action in order to provide for effective education programmes with regard to HIV/AIDS prevention (Romania) and to expand coverage and access to services that prevent transmission of HIV from mother to child (Ireland); 12. To ratify the Convention on the Protection of Persons with Disabilities (Mexico); 13. To ratify the Optional Protocol on the Convention Against Torture (OP-CAT) (Mexico) and to do so as soon as possible (United Kingdom, Netherlands); 14. To continue improving economic, social and cultural rights (Cuba); 15. To take further action to combat corruption (Canada), especially in the public sector (Austria); 16. To share its experiences, inter alia, regarding the African Peer Review Mechanism and the National Reconciliation Commission (Switzerland); 17. To intensify necessary measures to combat and sanction police brutalities (Switzerland);