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66.12. Guarantee that its laws and policies are in conformity with the
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women,
and take measures to combat practices that perpetuate discrimination against
women and their marginalization, particularly with regard to their inheritance
and citizenship, and adopt specific legislation properly penalizing domestic
violence and promoting the participation of women in political life (France);
66.13. Withdraw its reservations to the CRC and fully incorporate that
instrument into its national legislation, as well as consider the ratification of the
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of
children, child prostitution and child pornography (Slovakia);
66.14. Take the measures necessary to bring its national legislations into
conformity with its international obligations under the CEDAW and the CRC
(Algeria);
66.15. Continue its efforts to promote and protect the rights of women and
children in accordance with the obligations of the CEDAW and the CRC
(Philippines);
66.16. Ensure that human rights are afforded full legal protection (Australia);
66.17. Enact appropriate legislation that addresses violence against women,
after consultation with relevant stakeholders (Netherlands);
66.18. Expand its definition of the concept of rape in such a way as to clearly
prohibit sexual harassment, and also define domestic violence in its criminal
law (Argentina);
66.19. Proceed with child protection legislative reform (Australia);
66.20. Review and transform the 1977 Penal Code with regard to violence
against children, sexual abuse and exploitation, abduction, sales and trafficking
(Germany);
66.21. Adopt effective measures to bring its national legislation, including
customary law, into line with the provisions and principles of the CRC,
particularly in the area of child protection and the prevention of corporal
punishment, child abuse and child pornography (Argentina);
66.22. Review its legislation to ensure that restrictions on the freedom of
expression do not go beyond those permitted by the ICCPR, even though
Kiribati has not yet ratified it (Netherlands);
66.23. Decriminalize homosexuality by abrogating the legal provision that
currently penalizes sexual relations with persons of the same sex, and sign the
joint statement made in the General Assembly in December 2008 on human
rights, sexual orientation and gender identity (France);
66.24. Establish a national human rights institution accredited by the
International Coordinating Committee of National Human Rights Institutions
(Germany); establish a national human rights institution in accordance with
the Paris Principles (Canada);
66.25. Make greater efforts to establish a national institution for human
rights and cooperate with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner
for Human Rights and other relevant United Nations organs, and seek from the
international community the necessary financial support to attain that
objective (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya);
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