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127. She noted that Canada would carefully consider all recommendations, focusing on
those based on an objective assessment of the human rights situation in Canada and that
were specific, concrete, achievable and measurable.
II. Conclusions and/or recommendations**
128. The recommendations formulated during the interactive dialogue and listed
below will be examined by Canada which will provide responses in due time, but no
later than the 24th session of the Human Rights Council in September 2013:
128.1.
Ratify international human rights instruments to which Canada has
not yet become party (Burkina Faso);
128.2.
Sign (Australia)/Ratify (Argentina, Bulgaria, Estonia, Germany,
Hungary, Netherlands, New Zealand, United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern
Ireland,
France,
Portugal,
Tunisia)/Become
a
party
(Montenegro)/Accede to the Optional Protocol to the Convention against
Torture (OPCAT)/and establish its national protective mechanism accordingly
(Czech Republic)/engage in a consultation process with all relevant actors,
including civil society, concerning the establishment and structure of a national
preventive mechanism (New Zealand)/thereby set a useful precedent for other
States who may be considering ratification (United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland)/Speed up internal discussions for the early signing and
ratification of OPCAT and establish, accordingly, the national prevention
mechanism (Uruguay);
128.3.
Consider ratifying (Peru)/Accede (Honduras, Cape Verde)/Ratify the
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant
Workers and Members of Their Families (ICRMW) (Argentina Chile,
Guatemala, Ecuador, Morocco, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Algeria, Indonesia)/to
further promote and protect migrants, in particular undocumented and
irregular migrants (Indonesia);
128.4.
Consider ratifying (Argentina)/Ratify the International Convention
for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (CPED) (Cuba,
Japan, Spain, France, Tunisia)/Finish the training process for government and
federal officials in order to launch as soon as possible the process of ratification
of the CPED, and accept the competence of its monitoring body (Uruguay);
128.5.
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities (OP-CRPD) (the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia, Argentina, France, Portugal, Spain);
128.6.
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (OP-ICESCR) (Costa Rica, France,
Portugal, Spain);
128.7.
Withdraw its reservations made to article 37 (c) of the Convention on
the Rights of the Child (CRC) and to establish a federal Children’s
Ombudsman (Iran (Islamic Republic of));
** Conclusions and recommendations have not been edited.
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