A/HRC/12/13 Page 22 5. Consider ratifying the individual complaints procedures under the treaties to which it is a party (Norway); 6. Amend the provisions of the Personal Status Law legalizing marriage of girls below the age of 15 and raise the minimum age to 18 (Austria); 7. Eliminate any discriminatory provisions that are incompatible with international treaties dealing with the rights of women (Portugal); 8. Consider extending a standing invitation to all special procedures of the Human Rights Council (Latvia); 9. Review all relevant existing and prepared legislation, including the Penal Code, with a view to ensuring its compliance with international human rights law, namely with protection of privacy and prohibition of discrimination.(Czech Republic); 10. Take further concrete measures to ensure equal rights of women and men with regard to personal status (Norway); 11. Implement the decision of the House of Representatives to set the minimum age of marriage no lower than 17 years (Netherlands); 12. Continue its efforts to amend legislation and strengthen measures to deal with the problem of violence against women and girls, including honour killings, with a view to ensuring that all types of discrimination and violence against women are effectively eliminated (Sweden); 13. Step up enforcement of laws protecting women from rape and violence, criminalize spousal rape and treat honor killings no differently than murder (United States); 14. Immediately allow the Ministry of Human Rights and domestic and international NGOs greater access to its prisons; subsequently that the President of Yemen establish a commission with the purpose of analyzing the recommendations of the Ministry of Human Rights and NGOs and implementing reforms to bring Yemen’s prison system up to internationally recognized standards (United States); 15. Allow access to its prisons and detention centres to Yemeni and international human rights organisations, in particular the International Committee of the Red Cross (Czech Republic); 16. Guarantee an all-embracing freedom of expression and in particular stop censorship and repressive measures against journalists and civil society activists (Germany); 17. Take necessary measures to ensure full enjoyment of freedom of expression, notably press freedom, and to prevent, combat and punish acts of harassment and aggression committed against journalists (France);

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