A/HRC/27/4 105.30 Prevent effectively infractions with a racist or xenophobic motivation, conduct investigations and bring the perpetrators to justice (Togo); 105.31 Adopt legislation on the restitution of the properties confiscated during the communist period (Romania); 105.32 Increase the number of women in political and public life in both national and local government bodies and address gender stereotypes that perpetrate discrimination against women (Rwanda), 105.33 That the Parliament, the Government and all political parties take concrete steps to create a more enabling environment for Albanian women to advance in political and public positions (Sweden); 105.34 Take effective measures to reduce the high dropout rate in primary schools, in particular with regard to Roma children (Slovenia); 105.35 Take measures to effectively address the high dropout rates from school, especially of girls in primary education (Portugal); 105.36 Conduct outreach programmes in rural areas in order to ensure that women with disabilities are not discriminated against or socially excluded (Maldives); 105.37 Continue to raise awareness of the needs of the Roma population, in particular children, and establish an adequate system that provides for their social and educational inclusion (Austria). 106. The following recommendations will be examined by Albania, which will provide responses in due time, but no later than the twenty-seventh session of the Human Rights Council, in September 2014: 106.1 Review national legislation to ensure that all persons under 18 have the protections accorded by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, including clarifying the definition of the child (Costa Rica); 106.2 Strengthen monitoring mechanisms which address incidents of forced child labour and further combat the trafficking of children (Sierra Leone); 106.3 Take the necessary measures and adopt the laws that are needed to allow better protection of children’s rights (Switzerland); 106.4 Continue strengthening measures which favour full gender equality, paying special attention to the integration of women into the labour market without discrimination, in line with the measures established in the 2013 European Union Progress Report (Spain); 106.5 Develop programmes and policies that foster norms and attitudes of zero tolerance for harmful and discriminatory attitudes towards gender, including the preference for sons, which can result in harmful and unethical practices such as prenatal sex selection (Netherlands); 106.6 Ensure strict implementation of its new legislation on discrimination, as well as adopt new provisions prohibiting also discrimination based on nationality (Switzerland); 106.7 End the discriminations against the Roma and Egyptian communities, and grant minority status to the Egyptian community (Switzerland); 23

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