A/HRC/13/15 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. 20

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