A/HRC/36/5 125.3 Envisage completing the process of adhesion to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure, in order to facilitate individual complaints in case of violations of the rights of children, and to the Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse (Burkina Faso); 125.4 Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure (Sierra Leone);2 125.5 Ratify the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (Uganda); 125.6 Align the legislative amendments to the Constitution with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, reforming the laws that are discriminatory to women (Uruguay); 125.7 Accelerate the alignment of national legislation with a bearing on human rights to the new Constitution, which was adopted in 2014, including provisions relating to the prevention and criminalization of violence against women and children (Zimbabwe); 125.8 Ratify the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (Madagascar); 125.9 Pursue ongoing cooperation with human rights mechanisms (Saudi Arabia); 125.10 Adopt an open, merit-based selection process when selecting national candidates for United Nations treaty body elections (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland); 125.11 Continue with the establishment of legal and independent bodies including the Constitutional Council (Sudan); 125.12 Without further delay, take steps to adopt the laws called for in its Constitution to safeguard the unique status of independent agencies in Tunisia (Sweden); 125.13 Ensure the compliance of its legislation, especially the Code of Personal Status and the Criminal Code, with articles 21 and 46 of its Constitution and international human rights obligations (Switzerland); 125.14 Accelerate the ongoing process to harmonize existing legislation with the Constitution (Angola); 125.15 Take all the necessary steps to resolve the divergences in the interpretation of the legal text on the Supreme Judicial Council and ensure that such interpretation is in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution (Botswana); 125.16 Continue the harmonization of legal frameworks in line with Constitutional texts (Iraq); 125.17 Fully implement the ideals of the new Constitution, including the initiation of Constitutional Court proceedings (Japan); 125.18 Create and ensure the functioning of Constitutional bodies, such as institutions on human rights and good governance, as well as the Constitutional Court (Portugal); 2 The recommendation, as read out, was: “Ratify the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, as well as the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure” (Sierra Leone). 11

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