A/HRC/12/13
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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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