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77.91 Further strengthen the implementation of legislation to fulfil obligations
on the protection of children under the Convention on the Rights of the Child
(Philippines);
77.92 Take effective measures to concretely protect the rights of ethnic
minorities and vulnerable groups, and formulate a national plan to combat
violence against women (China);
77.93 Strengthen the work of the Bilateral Technical Committee for the
effective promotion and protection of the rights of the Mayan and Garifuna
peoples (Peru);
77.94 Adopt national legislation to harmonize local laws to make them
compatible and in line with the terms of the Convention on the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities (Iraq);
77.95 Take steps to decriminalize irregular migration and to guarantee that
when the administrative detention of a migrant is necessary, it is carried out for
the shortest time possible and in full compliance with relevant international
standards (Brazil);
77.96 Establish a total prohibition on hiring and employing all migrant
children under the age of 14, and intensify efforts to combat the work of
migrant children (Costa Rica);
77.97 Adopt national legislation on statelessness, in particular regarding a
statelessness determination procedure to identify and guarantee the rights and
protection of stateless persons (Mexico);
77.98 Adopt comprehensive legislation establishing a statelessness
determination procedure to identify and guarantee the rights and protection of
stateless persons (Serbia).
78.
The following recommendations will be examined by Belize, which will provide
responses in due time, but no later than the fortieth session of the Human Rights
Council:
78.1 Ratify the ILO Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169)
(Denmark);
78.2 Establish a national preventive mechanism against torture,
accordance with the obligations contracted (Paraguay);
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78.3 Take timely measures to ensure the rights of girls and women, in
particular by guaranteeing independent access to sexual and reproductive
health services in accordance with the age of consent and without parental
permission (Netherlands);3
78.4 Approve the draft amendment to the Representation of the People Act
that would establish a 33 per cent quota of women in the National Assembly
(Costa Rica);
78.5 Include specific programmes on combating violence against women in
the gender equality framework under the national growth and sustainable
development strategy (Fiji);
78.6 Strengthen the legislative framework on the protection of the rights of
indigenous peoples (Honduras).
79.
The recommendations formulated during the interactive dialogue/listed below
have been examined by Belize and have been noted by Belize:
79.1 Ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights (Chile);
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See footnote 2.
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