A/HRC/43/12 26.4 Consider ratifying the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and its Optional Protocol to ensure protection of women’s rights (Botswana); 26.5 Consider the ratification of human rights instruments to which it is still not a party, in particular the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Republic of Korea); 26.6 Ratify the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (Republic of Moldova) (Estonia) (Burundi) (Kenya); Accede to the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (Czechia); Ratify the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women in order to enable women to play an active role in society, especially in political, economic and cultural life and sports (Bahrain); 26.7 Ratify the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and its Optional Protocol, and develop and implement policies promoting gender equality and the participation of women in all areas of public and private life (Ecuador); 26.8 Ratify the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Togo); Accede to the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Czechia); 26.9 Ratify the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and its Optional Protocol (Republic of Moldova) (Estonia) (Denmark); 26.10 Become a party to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Seychelles); 26.11 Ratify the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and its Optional Protocol (Togo) (Uganda); Ratify the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and its Optional Protocol, as previously recommended during the second review cycle in 2014 (Burkina Faso); 26.12 Sign and ratify the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (Croatia); 26.13 Accede to the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Czechia); 26.14 Redouble efforts on gender equality, by ratifying the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and its Optional Protocol in order to guarantee equality between men and women (Spain); 26.15 Take adequate measures, such as ratification of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, to enhance the equal role of women in society, in particular in political, economic, social and cultural life, including sports, as recommended in 2014 (Greece); 26.16 Ratify the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and incorporate their provisions in its legal framework (Luxembourg); 26.17 Adhere to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Convention against Torture and Other 6