A/HRC/43/13 122.25 Decriminalize defamation and insult, and amend provisions related to these issues to ensure they are better in line with international standards on freedom of expression (Luxembourg); 122.26 Amend the Penal Code to decriminalize and eliminate all punitive measures related to termination of pregnancies in cases of rape, incest, severe fetal impairment and situations where the life of the mother is at risk (Denmark); 122.27 Ensure all women and girls can access sexual and reproductive health information, services and commodities, including emergency contraception and other modern methods of contraception, as well as comprehensive sexuality education both in and out of school (Iceland); 122.28 Ensure equitable, gender-sensitive and functional access to early diagnosis and high quality treatment, as well as rehabilitation and reasonable accommodation, for persons affected by leprosy-related physical impairments and disability (Portugal); 122.29 Strengthen the rights of girls and women by combating early marriage, providing assistance for school attendance and legalizing abortion in all circumstances. Ensure that women and girls who resort to abortion, as well as doctors who perform them, are not subject to criminal sanctions (France). 123. The recommendations formulated during the interactive dialogue/listed below have been examined by Madagascar and have been noted by Madagascar: 123.1 Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention of the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure (Ukraine); 123.2 Improve resourcing available to bodies protecting the human rights of women, children and minorities, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons (Australia); 123.3 Adopt comprehensive legislation to combat racism and discrimination, which includes a definition of discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity (Chile); 123.4 Adopt comprehensive anti-discrimination legislation that addresses direct and indirect discrimination and encompasses all the prohibited grounds of discrimination, including sexual orientation and gender identity (Iceland); 123.5 Decriminalize abortion in all circumstances and remove legal, administrative and practical barriers to accessing safe and legal abortion services (Iceland); 123.6 Continue the important reform of its nationality law in order to address the gender-discriminatory provisions that persist, which deny Malagasy women the ability to confer Malagasy nationality to a non-national spouse upon marriage on an equal basis with Malagasy men (Portugal); 123.7 Take the necessary measures to provide psychosocial assistance to child soldiers with a view to their social reintegration (Senegal); 123.8 Make efforts to accelerate the process of national reconciliation and ensure the demobilization and treatment of minors in armed conflict as victims (Costa Rica); 123.9 Take all steps necessary to make appropriate assistance available to children who have been involved in armed conflict, including aiding their physical and psychological recovery and their social reintegration (TimorLeste); 123.10 Recognize the legal personality of the Fokolonona indigenous peoples, as provided for in the preamble of the Constitution (Peru); GE.19-21780 21

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