A/HRC/19/15 88.31. Take all necessary measures to prevent and prosecute all forms of violence and harassment related to sexual orientation and gender identity (Slovenia); 88.32. Make a wide array of family planning methods, such as a comprehensive range of modern and affordable contraceptives, more widely available (Finland); 88.33. Continue to ensure that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people are able to exercise their rights to freedom of expression and assembly (Australia); 88.34. Ensure the full respect for freedom of expression and freedom of assembly for all, including LGBT people (Slovenia); 88.35. Facilitate access to social and health services as well as to education for children belonging to more vulnerable groups (Uruguay); 88.36. Address the problem of Roma children dropping out of school, and promote the Roma language in the school system (Iran); 88.37. Explicitly prohibit corporal punishment in the family and implement existing prohibitions (Romania); 88.38. Establish emergency measures aimed at integrating Roma children in regular schools and solve the problem of the drop-out rate of these children (Uruguay); 88.39. Support and develop educational programs and institutions for national minorities (Russia); 88.40. Use more actively existing or new platforms for involving the Roma community in policy formulation, implementation and actively pursue an increase in the number of Roma in all public institutions (Netherlands); 88.41. Develop a close dialogue with all minorities regarding language education issues (Norway); 88.42. Further consider measures to secure the integration of the Roma community (Sweden); 88.43. Further pursue investigations on human rights implications of counterterrorism measures, such as secret detention programs, with a view to identifying allegations of torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment of detainees (Brazil). 89. The following recommendations enjoy the support of Lithuania which considers that they are already implemented or in the process of implementation: 89.1. Ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearances (France); 89.2. Adhere to the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, at the earliest (France); 89.3. Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Azerbaijan); 89.4. Consider the possibility of ratifying the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment (Argentina); 16

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