A/HRC/12/7 Page 18 18. Strengthen its legal and institutional framework to combat racism and racial discrimination to ensure that all legal provisions are fully applied and ensure active monitoring of racism and racial discrimination (United Kingdom); 19. Broaden the scope and application of legal and institutional reforms to address all forms of discriminatory treatment against irregular migrants and asylum seekers with special focus on protecting the rights of vulnerable groups (Bangladesh); 20. Continue implementing policies to ensure equal opportunities in the job market with particular emphasis on reducing the existing wage gaps (Argentina); 21. Strengthen efforts to protect, in particular, children with disabilities against any form of discrimination, including by envisaging awareness-raising campaigns (Italy); 22. Do its utmost to combat all forms of discrimination, including discrimination based on sexual orientation (Belgium); take further measures to advance equality on the ground of sexual orientation and gender identity, using the Yogyakarta Principles, among others, as a guide for policy-making (Netherlands); 23. Provide for arrangements for same-sex couples to enjoy some of the rights and obligations enjoyed by non-same-sex couples (France); 24. Continue and strengthen the ongoing efforts to combat all sorts of violence against women in society (Sweden); 25. Improve detention conditions by a variety of measures, including reducing overcrowding, separating men and women in facilities and ensuring that people have access to legal counsel (United States); take all necessary measures to guarantee dignified conditions of detention, corresponding to the level of development of the country (Nicaragua); strengthen efforts to improve the living conditions in detention centres (Argentina); 26. Take all possible measures to ensure that the detention regime is brought into line with international human rights law (Sweden); consider a reduction of the detention time of irregular migrants and asylum seekers (Argentina); 27. Explore alternative policies concerning asylum seekers and consider working with UNHCR to train its professionals who work with asylum seekers (Brazil); 28. Consider alternatives to the detention of asylum seekers (Nicaragua); avoid arbitrary and discretionary detention particularly of foreigners and adequately reduce the detention period particularly of asylum seekers (Nicaragua); 29. Increase steps to prosecute traffickers and to identify, assist and protect victims of trafficking (United States); 30. Introduce an explicit prohibition by law of the recruitment of children under the age of 15 into armed forces or armed groups (Germany);