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62.5.
Share its experiences with other countries with regard to its system in
helping especially sexually abused or exploited children and adolescents, the socalled Barnahus (Finland);
62.6.
Continue efforts to combat all forms of violence against women with a
particular emphasis on the most vulnerable groups of society (Israel);
62.7.
Establish a community education program to raise awareness of
domestic violence against women and options open to them to bring an end to
this crime (Australia);
62.8.
Reflect the findings of the new action plan to examine gender-based
acts of violence and their prosecution and handling in the judicial system in the
next national UPR report (Norway);
62.9.
Fight against domestic violence through more effective measures
against perpetrators, and especially by protecting and avoiding the deportation
of migrant women victims of gender violence (Spain);
62.10. Adopt comprehensive legal and other measures to combat all forms of
violence against women and particularly violence in the home and sexual
violence (Uruguay);
62.11. Take effective measures to tackle trafficking in human beings,
domestic violence and sexual offences (Iran);
62.12. Prosecute perpetrators of human trafficking (United States of
America);
62.13. In view of the trajectory in recent years of increased instances of
human trafficking to and via Iceland, the government may need to pay
continued attention to help victims of trafficking; (Afghanistan);
62.14. Take necessary measures to ensure that no child is subject to religious
practice that confines their religious freedom or the liberty of parents to ensure
the religious and moral education of their children in conformity with their
own convictions (Sweden);
62.15. Pass legislation to increase female representation in management
positions, and implement it as soon as possible, and continue efforts to achieve
equal pay for men and women (Norway);
62.16. Strengthen its efforts to increase the number of women in high-ranking
posts, particularly in academia (Republic of Moldova);
62.17. Combat poverty and social exclusion, particularly of the disadvantaged
and marginalized groups, with the adoption of clear indicators to assess
progress achieved (Iran);
62.18. Ensure that the procedure to request and recognize refugee status be in
compliance with the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its
1967 Protocol (Uruguay).
63.
The following recommendations will be examined by Iceland and its responses
will be provided in due time, but no later than the nineteenth session of the Human
Rights Council in March 2012:
63.1.
Ratify the ICRMW and the UNESCO Convention against
Discrimination in Education and also to withdraw its reservations to several
provisions of ICCPR (Iran);
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