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93.38. Completely abolish the death penalty (Spain);
93.39. Recognize and ensure in the legislation the right of national minorities
to receive information in the State and municipal sectors in their
national/mother language in the places of their compact residence (Russian
Federation);
93.40. In accordance with the recommendations of international human rights
institutions, grant to non-citizens, without delay, the right to participate in the
political life of the country, including in municipal elections, and the
opportunity to enjoy all economic, social and cultural rights (Russian
Federation);
93.41. Prevent violence against Roma women and girls, including harassment
and abuse at school, and address the gaps in their formal education (Islamic
Republic of Iran);
93.42. Revise its legislation to provide automatic acquisition of citizenship by
children born to non-citizens after 21 August 1991 (Canada);
93.43. Follow through on the proposal to change the Citizenship Law to
provide citizenship automatically to newborn children of non-citizen parents,
unless the parents refuse it (Norway);
93.44. Seek to further decrease the number of non-citizens and to improve the
social and political rights of non-citizens (Australia).
94.
The recommendations below did not enjoy the support of Latvia:
94.1. Ratify the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of
All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (Paraguay);
94.2. Consider the ratification of the International Convention on the
Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their
Families pursuant to recommendation 1737 of 17 March 2006 of the
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, of which Latvia is a member
(Algeria);
94.3. Promote long-term programmes and initiatives to effectively promote
full national integration and combat structural discrimination, for example by
including minority languages in official procedures and documents, as well as
including prohibition of discrimination in the Civil Code (Mexico);
94.4. Adopt a specific programme to safeguard the rights of victims of
torture and ill-treatment (Islamic Republic of Iran);
94.5. Introduce legislation that recognizes the diversity of forms of families
and that provides same sex couples with the same rights and social security as
couples of the opposite sex (Netherlands);
94.6. Adopt effective steps to promptly eliminate an unacceptable system of
non-citizenship. As a priority and urgent step, simplify the naturalization
process for persons who have reached retirement age, as well as grant children
of non-citizens the right to automatically acquire citizenship at birth (Russian
Federation);
94.7. Effectively comply with the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of
Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness
and pay particular attention to the 326,906 persons considered as non-citizens,
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