A/HRC/44/8 111.12 Accelerate the process of accession to the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Sierra Leone); 111.13 Ratify the Convention against Torture (Somalia); 111.14 Proceed to ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Togo); 111.15 Ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure and the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Ukraine); 111.16 Consider ratifying the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Uruguay); 111.17 Reconsider ratifying the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty (Uruguay); 111.18 Abolish the death penalty and ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Australia); 111.19 Consider ratifying the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Azerbaijan); 111.20 Ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty (Costa Rica); 111.21 Ratify the main international human rights instruments to which the country is not yet a party (Côte d’Ivoire); 111.22 Ratify the third Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure, fully implement the Child Protection and Welfare Act, and ensure effective law enforcement (Germany); 111.23 Consider ratifying the outstanding core international human rights treaties and conventions, including the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Ghana); 111.24 Criminalize homophobia and transphobia to prevent violence and discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons (Honduras); 111.25 Decriminalize consensual sexual relations between adults of the same sex and expand its anti-discrimination legislation to include a prohibition on discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity (Iceland); 111.26 Amend section 3 of the Marriage Act of 1974 for it to be inclusive of same-sex couples (Iceland); 111.27 Include in the legislation a provision prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity, and reform laws that criminalize consensual sexual relations between same-sex persons, such as the Penal Code of 2010, and the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act, section 187 (5) (Mexico); 111.28 Review and amend the legislative framework to ensure that sexual orientation and gender identity are included as protected grounds for nondiscrimination (Netherlands); 20