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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).
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