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18.
Take on with determination the pending challenges with regard to children and
women as a way to continue giving a good example to the region and the rest
of the world in the promotion and protection of human rights (Paraguay);
19.
Continue strengthening the implementation of those measures already adopted
and adopt new measures, whenever necessary, to ensure the enjoyment of
human rights for its population, according particular importance to eradicating
violence against women and ensuring the rights of the child (Chile);
20.
Take concrete measures to comply with its reporting obligations under the
relevant human rights treaties in a timely manner (Republic of Korea);
21.
Prioritize action on the recommendations of different treaty bodies, in
particular the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women,
the Committee on the Rights of the Child and the Committee against Torture
(Pakistan);
22.
Further strengthen the institutional anti-discrimination framework by providing
awareness-raising campaigns and promoting tolerance and equality based on
sex, gender and race (Czech Republic);
23.
Continue with its excellent national plan to combat all forms of discrimination
and make the results available in English so that countries like Sri Lanka can
absorb them as best practices (Sri Lanka);
24.
Continue efforts to implement the outcome document of the Durban Review
Conference at the national and international levels (Russian Federation);
25.
Study measures that it judges appropriate to implementing the
recommendation of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination
against Women to eliminate discrimination between men and women in the
area of employment and to enshrine the principle of an equal salary for equal
work of equal value (Algeria);
26.
Eliminate any discriminatory norms against women from its legislation (Italy);
27.
Continue to promote gender equality and combat all forms of discriminatory
practices against women (Bangladesh);
28.
Eliminate discriminatory legal provisions in matters relating to family and
marriage, for example by raising the minimum age of marriage for both men
and women to 18 years, eliminating the concepts of “modesty”, “virtue” and
“public scandal” from the characterization of sexual offences and making
marital rape an offence under the Penal Code, as recommended by the
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (Portugal);
29.
Criminalize marital rape and adopt further measures to ensure wide
accessibility and public knowledge of support available to victims of domestic
violence so that they are able to protect themselves; initiate effective and fast
investigations leading to punishment of perpetrators (Czech Republic);
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