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and had requested the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi to have the case investigated on a fasttrack basis.
160. The delegation of India concluded by reiterating its commitment to leave no one
behind and to ensure that all the policies and schemes in place reached the bottom of the
pyramid.
II. Conclusions and/or recommendations
161. The following recommendations will be examined by India, which will provide
responses in due time, but no later than the thirty-sixth session of the Human Rights
Council:
161.1 Ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights (Estonia);
161.2 Consider adhering to the Second Optional Protocol to the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death
penalty, and abolish the death penalty (Portugal);
161.3 Ratify the Optional Protocols to the International Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights, to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination against Women and to the Convention on the Rights of Persons
with Disabilities (Guatemala);
161.4 Consider withdrawing the remaining declarations and reservations to
the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against
Women (Rwanda);
161.5 Ratify the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or
Degrading Treatment or Punishment, as previously recommended (Botswana);
161.6 Ratify the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or
Degrading Treatment or Punishment urgently and in accordance with its
commitments from the 2012 universal periodic review (Norway);
161.7 Ratify, before the next universal periodic review cycle, the Convention
against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or
Punishment (Czechia);
161.8 Finalize the efforts to ratify the Convention against Torture and Other
Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, as well as other
international instruments, as recommended by relevant treaty bodies
(Bulgaria);
161.9 Ratify the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or
Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Greece) (Guatemala) (Italy) (Lebanon)
(Montenegro) (Mozambique) (South Africa) (Sweden) (Turkey) (Ukraine)
(United States of America);
161.10
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and
Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the Optional
Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
against Women, the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Optional Protocol to the
Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure
(Portugal);
161.11
Ratify the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and ensure that the instrument of
ratification is consistent with the Convention (Australia);
161.12
Swiftly ratify the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel,
Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and its Optional Protocol,
ensure that domestic legislation defines torture in line with international
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