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minorities were recognized, as well as its efforts to incorporate the Roma population into
society. Israel made recommendations.
89.
In concluding remarks, Bosnia and Herzegovina indicated that it would intensify its
efforts to initiate and implement effective activities to resolve the problems noted by the
Working Group. The delegation emphasized that Bosnia and Herzegovina was committed
to its accession to Euro-Atlantic integration processes, which were aimed at fulfilling
conditions for accession to the European Union. Those processes also led to stronger
institutions and greater capacity to ensure the full observance of human rights and
fundamental freedoms for all the citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina and all residing
therein.
II.
Conclusions and/or recommendations
90.
The following recommendations will be examined by Bosnia and Herzegovina,
which will provide responses in due course, but no later than the fourteenth session of
the Human Rights Council, to be held in June 2010. The responses made by Bosnia
and Herzegovina to the recommendations will be included in the outcome report
adopted by the Council at its fourteenth session.
1.
To sign and ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities and the Optional Protocol to ICESCR, and to ratify the
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced
Disappearance (Spain);
2.
To ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
(Mexico);
3.
To consider ratifying the International Convention for the Protection of
All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, to and accept the competence of the
relevant committee (Argentina);
4.
To sign and ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Persons with
Disabilities (Argentina);
5.
To ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
(Qatar);
6.
To implement the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of
the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, and
to incorporate it into the criminal justice system (Qatar);
7.
To amend the criminal code in order to include the definition of sexual
violence, in accordance with international standards (Spain);
8.
To expedite its efforts to adopt the law on the prohibition of all fascist
and neo-fascist organizations and the use of their symbols (Pakistan);
9.
To take further activities to improve the situation of the State-level
Ombudsmen (Slovenia);
10.
To provide to the Ombudsman the material support necessary to ensure
its effectiveness and independence (Poland);
11.
To strengthen the capacity and improve effectiveness of the State-level
human rights Ombudsman, ensuring adherence to the Paris Principles (United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland);
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