A/HRC/16/9
no later than the sixteenth session of the Human Rights Council, to be held in March
2011:
80.1. Consider the possibility of expressing its consent to be bound by
(Argentina)/ratify (Armenia, Spain, Palestine, Switzerland)/accede to the
Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel,
Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, to permit the enable an
independent monitoring of prisons and detention centres by the Subcommittee
(Czech Republic);
80.2. Comply with recommendation No. 1737 of 17 March 2006 of the
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, which calls for the
ratification of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of
All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (Algeria); consider the
possibility of expressing its consent to be bound by (Argentina)/ratify
(Palestine)/accede to ICRMW (Bosnia and Herzegovina);
80.3. Adhere to the principles of the Convention on the Rights of Persons
with Disabilities, with a view to its early ratification (Mexico); ratify CRPD
(Spain); consider the possibility of expressing its consent to be bound by
(Argentina)/consider ratifying CRPD and the Optional Protocol thereto (Chile),
which would result in a higher level of cooperation with international human
rights mechanisms, ensuring better safeguards for the rights of people with
disabilities (Hungary);
80.4. Consider the possibility of expressing its consent to be bound by the
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced
Disappearance (Argentina)/ratify CED (Spain) and accept the competence of
the treaty body as provided for in articles 31 and 32 (France);
80.5. Ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Spain, Palestine, Switzerland);
80.6. Consider acceding to (Brazil)/accede to the 1954 Convention relating to
the Status of Stateless Persons, and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of
Statelessness (Germany, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Azerbaijan, Slovenia);
80.7. Adopt a law guaranteeing equal opportunities for women and men
(Canada);
80.8. Adopt legislation to prevent discrimination on the grounds of sexual
orientation in the same manner as existing legislation to protect against
discrimination on the grounds of ethnicity, gender and religion (United
Kingdom);
80.9. Study the possibility of introducing a criminal aggravating factor for
racial and religious hatred or hatred against persons with a minority sexual
orientation (Spain);
80.10. Adopt domestic legislation in accordance with the 1951 Convention on
the Status of Refugees and the Optional Protocol thereto, guaranteeing efficient
access to procedures for determining refugee status to persons requiring
international protection (Argentina);
80.11. Consider establishing (Finland)/establish a national human rights
institution accredited by the International Coordinating Committee of National
Institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights (Algeria,
Turkey) in order to raise public awareness and guide the authorities (Finland);
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