A/HRC/14/10 37. To take the measures necessary to end covert gender discrimination, including domestic violence (Pakistan); 38. To ensure the use of vocabulary that does not stigmatize children with disabilities or children born out of wedlock (Slovenia);2 39. To further combat discrimination against persons with drug dependence and persons living with HIV/AIDS, particularly children (Brazil); 40. To redouble its efforts to eliminate the stigmatization of and discrimination against persons, especially children, infected and affected by HIV/AIDS (Thailand); 41. To continue the process of abolishing the death penalty, and to consider the ratification of the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Philippines); 42. To establish torture as a serious crime punished with appropriate penalties, in keeping with the definition set out in the Convention against Torture (Australia); 43. To continue efforts to eliminate torture and improve the conditions of detention and the protection of the rights of detainees, and to share relevant experiences with interested countries (Algeria); 44. To continue to apply a zero-tolerance approach to torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (Germany); 45. To amend the law in order to ensure that torture is established as serious crime punished with appropriate penalties and ensure that it is brought into full conformity with the definition set out in the Convention against Torture (Germany); 46. To ensure that the recently adopted law on domestic violence is in full compliance with international standards, and to raise the awareness of legal officials regarding the need to act against violence against women within the family (Germany); 47. To further improve prison conditions (Azerbaijan); 48. To improve the standards and the situation of human rights in prisons, and to carry out an independent investigation into cases of violence in prisons (Slovenia); 49. To continue to increase its efforts to prevent and combat the trafficking in persons (Belarus); 50. To continue to apply a victim-centred approach to the fight against trafficking and consider the use of the OHCHR Recommended Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Human Trafficking as a reference tool (Philippines); 51. To introduce further measures aimed at the effective prevention and combating of human trafficking, including the continuation of the public awareness campaign and cooperation with the relevant non-governmental organizations (Japan); 2 The original recommendation read as follows: “Discontinue using vocabulary that stigmatizes children with disabilities or children born out of wedlock ” (Slovenia). 17

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