A/HRC/30/6 recently ratified the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Austria); 108.76 Ensure that torture and ill- treatment by public officials would not be tolerated and that all alleged perpetrators of the acts of torture would be investigated (Timor-Leste); 108.77 Establish an independent investigation mechanism for allegations of torture and other cruel and inhuman or degrading treatment committed by police forces and to prevent such violations by public agents (Switzerland); 108.78 Ensure that all complaints and reports of torture and other illtreatment are investigated thoroughly by an independent agency, and that those responsible are held to account. Such investigations should be conducted by personnel who are competent, impartial and independent of the alleged perpetrators and the agency they serve (Sweden); 108.79 Strengthen the measures aimed at preventing cases of torture and illtreatment by public officials, and ensure that all allegations are promptly and thoroughly investigated in order to bring to justice those responsible (Italy); 108.80 Continue to take measures to eradicate the use of torture and other forms of ill-treatment, including through training and education of law enforcement authorities (Costa Rica); 108.81 Establish judicial and other mechanisms to investigate allegations of torture, police brutality, and arbitrary detention (Canada); 108.82 Take appropriate steps to improve the treatment of detainees (Japan); 108.83 Adopt legislation to prevent and end all forms of violence against children (Timor-Leste); 108.84 Continue active work in combating domestic violence (Belarus); 108.85 Step up its efforts to curb the occurrence of domestic violence (Philippines); 108.86 Continue to put forward more efforts to eliminate domestic and gender-based violence and discrimination against women and ensure greater representation of women in all sectors of society by fully implementing the Law on Gender Equality (Republic of Korea); 108.87 Strengthen efforts to prevent gender-based and domestic violence by criminalizing martial rape and sexual harassment providing victims with access to justice, assistance and protection, and by ensuring that cases are properly investigated and perpetrators duly prosecuted (Slovenia); 108.88 Adopt and actively pursue a focused national strategy on combating all forms of violence against women, which would promote awareness – raising activities related to the Law to Combat Domestic Violence (Turkey); 108.89 Continue to strengthen protections for domestic violence survivors, and extend an invitation to the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences to visit Mongolia (United States of America); 108.90 Continue its efforts in the field of combating domestic violence (Latvia); 20

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