A/HRC/12/13 Page 14 1. Continue to bring its policies and legislation in line with its obligations under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) (Netherlands); 2. Review the Criminal Code with special attention to discrimination against women (Hungary); 3. Revise its national legislation with a view to the total elimination of discrimination against women and implement effective measures to address violence against women in line with the CEDAW Committee recommendations (Zimbabwe); 4. Ensure that all its laws are free from discrimination against women, in conformity with the ratified treaties by Yemen (Nigeria); 5. Amend the provisions of the Crime and Penalty Law, the Election and Referendum Law, the Labour Code and the Prison Law which are in contradiction to its international obligations under CEDAW and take concrete measures to improve the social, economic and political participation of women (Austria); 6. Take concrete measures to ensure effective birth registration, particularly in remote and rural areas (Norway); 7. Examine relevant laws and measures to guarantee that restrictions imposed on freedom of expression are in line with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), to which Yemen is party. (Argentina); 8. Revise its legislation and practice so that they both ensure full protection of the principle of non-refoulement (Czech Republic); 9. Proceed with its intention to establish an independent national human rights commission (Algeria); finalize the procedures aiming at the establishment of an independent national human rights commission (Jordan); 10. Consider establishing (South Africa)/Establish (France)/Continue its endeavour to create (Thailand) an independent national human rights institution that complies with the Paris Principles; 11. Speed up the establishment of an information centre in the Ministry of Human Rights, taking into account its important envisaged role in designing future strategies and plans (Sudan); 12. Continue practical efforts to improve the overall human rights situation in the country (Azerbaijan); 13. Ensure effective enforcement of human rights-related laws in all its territory and at all administrative and judiciary levels (Italy); 14. Continue the promotion of human rights in conformity with the universally recognized principles and reject attempts to impose foreign values that are outside the United Nations legally approved framework (Egypt);

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