A/HRC/24/10 143.76 Eliminate all forms of sexual exploitation and violence, including domestic violence, with a view to avoid trafficking of persons, and implement legal measures to investigate complaints, bring perpetrators of sexual crimes and violence to justice and punish them (Ecuador); 143.77 Strengthen, through community action committees, awareness among the population in order to combat the slow change mentality vis-à-vis harmful practice (Democratic Republic of Congo); 143.78 Promote relevant national strategy in order to change its traditional practices and stereotypes regarding women to better protect women’s physical and psychological integrity (China); 143.79 Continue on its efforts in combating harmful traditional practices (Ethiopia); 143.80 Continue to combat violence against women and implement a national awareness plan to for the elimination of cultural and traditional practices harmful to women, including female genital mutilation (France); 143.81 Redouble efforts to prevent, combat and punish violence against women and children and to fight effectively against traditional practices harmful to women, particularly in rural areas (Togo); 143.82 Further reinforce the laws banning FGM and take other proactive measures to fight against these practices (Netherlands); 143.83 Escalate its efforts to eliminate female genital mutilation and instigate relevant legal reforms to facilitate effective prosecutions (Australia); 143.84 Develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to eliminate harmful practices, including early and forced marriage, FGM and unequal access to inheritance, based on the recognition of the equality between men and women, and supported by religious and traditional leaders, civil society, men and boys, as well as other relevant stakeholders (Canada); 143.85 Continue to adopt all measures considered necessary to eliminate definitively the practice of female genital mutilation (Spain); 143.86 Take measures related to preventive sexual education for women and men, with a view to prevent early pregnancies and abortion practiced under risk conditions, and strengthen education in rural areas, in order to prevent harmful traditional practices such as FGM or excision (Ecuador); 143.87 Continue applying the provisions of the Penal Code regarding FGM, bringing to justice and punishing perpetrators of those crimes, their accomplices and those who do not denounce them; intensify awareness raising campaigns and training with a view to explain that FGM is a form of discrimination and violence based on gender, and thus eradicate this practice and the cultural justifications in which it is based (Uruguay); 143.88 Ensure the implementation of the Criminal Code with regard to the ban on FGM, to strengthen awareness campaigns and educate people about the harmful effects of this practice (Germany); 143.89 Enforce Djibouti’s existing laws to prosecute perpetrators of FGM (United States of America); 143.90 Continue to implement the national strategy for the total elimination of FGM and all forms of excision (Ghana); GE.13-15502 21