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14.
To extend the juvenile justice system to the whole country and create alternative
forms of deprivation of liberty for children in conflict with the law (Mexico);
15.
To serve as a model for the freedom of the press by ensuring that all journalists
and media outlets, including those that may be viewed as critical to the
Government, are free from harassment (United States); to take all possible
measures to ensure the full protection of the right to freedom of opinion and
expression (Republic of Korea);
16.
To promptly adopt the bill to abolish the death penalty (Luxembourg); to continue
efforts to abolish the death penalty (Portugal);
17.
To promptly adopt the bill on a new citizen’s code (Luxembourg);
18.
To adopt measures to combat violence, in particular through legislation defining
and outlawing domestic violence, and by providing training to judges and civil
servants and organizing awareness-raising programmes targeting society as a
whole (Switzerland);
19.
To improve prison conditions by reducing overcrowding and ensuring access to
adequate medical treatment (Ireland);
20.
To take the necessary measures to strengthen the independence of the judiciary, to
eliminate corruption and to ensure that the conditions of persons deprived of their
liberty are in conformity with relevant international standards (Canada);
21.
To raise awareness regarding human rights and the rule of law (Portugal).
57. The following recommendations will be examined by Mali which will provide responses
in due time. The responses of Mali will be included in the outcome report to be adopted by the
Human Rights Council at its eighth session.
1.
To issue and implement standing invitation to special procedures mandate-holders
(Czech Republic);
2.
To enact legislation prohibiting all forms of traditional practice of FGM in line
with recommendations made by the Human Rights Committee, CEDAW and the
Committee on the Rights of the Child (Netherlands); to consider the practicability
of enacting legislation prohibiting FGM (Japan); to enact legislation prohibiting all
forms of FGM (Ireland); to adopt legislative and other measures, including
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