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7.
Create programmes to combat traditional attitudes that treat sexual and
psychological abuse as misdemeanours and continue to provide necessary
services and support to victims (United States);
8.
Take concrete measures aimed at making responses from the judicial
system to violations and resulting compensations quicker and more efficient
(Switzerland);
9.
Review the legislation on the press offences of libel and defamation with
a view to ensuring full protection and realization of the freedom of expression
(Czech Republic);
10.
Ensure balanced treatment of all religions and grant the same status to
all religious marriages (Congo);
11.
Include in its debates, within the framework of the legislative review
process, indigenous participation as a democratizing principle for civic
participation at all levels, municipal, legislative and executive (Panama);
12.
Enhance and enshrine in law services aimed at protecting women and
provide women with adequate information on how to access such support and
medical care, including permitted abortions (United Kingdom);
92.
The following recommendations did not enjoy the support of Costa Rica, which
offered the following comments:
1.
Ratify or sign, as relevant, the International Convention on the
Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their
Families (ICRMW), with a view to being consistent with its practice on this
matter (Paraguay); consider ratifying ICRMW (Azerbaijan); sign and ratify
ICRMW (Nicaragua); ratify ICRMW (Argentina); consider acceding to
ICRMW (Egypt); adhere to the principles of ICRMW and consider its
ratification (Mexico); consider adhering to the ICRMW, as well as gradually
adapting its national legislation to the standards contained in this Convention
(Uruguay);
2.
Costa Rica explained that it has not considered to date, nor does it plan
to consider in the near future, the ratification of ICRMW.
3.
Ratify or sign, as relevant, the Optional Protocol to the International
Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights with a view to being
consistent with its practice on this matter (Paraguay);
4.
Costa Rica explained that it has not considered to date, nor does it plan
to consider in the near future, the ratification of the Optional Protocol to
ICESCR.
5.
Comply with the principle of freedom of movement in the Central
American region adopted in the framework of the Central American System of
Integration (Nicaragua);
Not applicable.
93.
All conclusions and/or recommendations contained in the present report reflect
the position of the submitting State(s) and/or the State under review. They should not
be construed as being endorsed by the Working Group as a whole.
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