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62.
Ask for further support from the international community to improve its
human rights situation through technical assistance as appropriate (Chad);
63.
Ask the international community for assistance to strengthen its capacity,
thereby supporting it in its actions, particularly to attain the MDGs (Morocco);
64.
Seek technical assistance in various areas from the international community,
particularly OHCHR (Gabon);
75. The following recommendations will be examined by the Central African Republic,
which will provide responses in due time. The responses to these recommendations will be
included in the outcome report adopted by the Human Rights Council at its twelfth session:
1.
Consider acceding to (Brazil) / Accede to (Azerbaijan ) / Consider ratifying
(Turkey) / Ratify (Mexico) the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel,
Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT);
2.
Sign (United Kingdom) / Sign and ratify (France) the CAT and its Optional
Protocol (OP-CAT); in order to provide a further disincentive against torture
by the security forces and police (United Kingdom);
3.
Rapidly accede to (France) / Consider ratifying (Argentina) the International
Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance;
and accept the competence of the Committee on Enforced Disappearances
(Argentina);
4.
Ratify (Portugal) / Consider ratifying (Argentina) / Accede to (Azerbaijan) the
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights Aimed at the Abolition of the Death Penalty (ICCPR-OP 2);
5.
Consider ratifying the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’
Rights on the establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples’
Rights; the OAU Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee
Problems in Africa; the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons;
the Convention on the Nationality of Married Women; international
conventions on apartheid; and OP-CAT (Argentina);
6.
Give tangible form to its wish to refurbish the National Human Rights
Commission (Democratic Republic of the Congo);
7.
Establish a national commission for human rights, with sufficient guarantees of
independence and adequate material and human resources, which would work
in close cooperation with the United Nations (Spain);
8.
Speed up its efforts to ensure the proper functioning of the National Human
Rights Commission in accordance with the Paris Principles (Ghana);
9.
Adapt internal legislation to international standards regarding national human
rights institutions, including the Paris Principles (Argentina);
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