A/HRC/24/15 131.24 Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Haiti); 131.25 Deepen and widen its efforts, including through providing stronger legal framework by considering the ratification of the UNESCO Convention against Discrimination in Education (Indonesia); 131.26 Ratify the UNESCO Convention against Discrimination in Education (Djibouti); 131.27 Ratify the Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Inter-country Adoption (Togo); 131.28 Ratify all other international instruments it agreed to ratify during its first UPR review (Hungary); 131.29 Remove from national legislation all provisions relating to the death penalty (Belgium); 131.30 Establish a national mechanism for the prevention of torture (Tunisia); 131.31 Enact specific legislation which prohibits and punishes racial discrimination (Mexico); 131.32 Reform the Penal Code to eliminate homosexuality as a criminal offence (Spain); 131.33 Adopt measures to decriminalise consensual sexual acts among adults of the same sex so as to adapt its legislation to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Uruguay); 131.34 Establish a moratorium on the implementation of Article 347bis of the Penal Code that “shall be punished by imprisonment of six months to five years and a fine a person who has sexual relations with a person of the same sex” and encourage non-violence towards all, regardless of sexual orientation, as well as the protection of defenders of these rights, including their lawyers (Canada); 131.35 Decriminalize consensual sexual relations between adults of the same sex (France); 131.36 Decriminalize same-sex relationships, protect LGBTI from violence from other members of the society and fight against prejudices against LGBTI persons by awareness raising campaigns (Germany); 131.37 Reiterate its recommendation made during the UPR in 2009 calling for decriminalization of homosexuality in Cameroon (Netherlands); 131.38 Decriminalise consensual sexual acts among adults of the same sex and adopt measures to eliminate social prejudices and stigmatization of homosexuality (Mexico); 131.39 Adopt a specific law to combat violence and discrimination against women which includes the prohibition of forced marriage as well as marital rape (Costa Rica); 131.40 Revise its legislation on the prevention and punishment of rape, with particular attention to marital rape (Belgium); 131.41 Criminalise the practice of female genital mutilation as an offence in its Penal Code (Spain); GE.13-15472 17

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