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systems, disseminated educational projects within the State to fight corruption and had
revitalized the Integrity Commission to help monitor the assets of all persons in public life.
86.
Antigua and Barbuda took on board the recommendations on establishing a national
human rights institution in accordance with the principles relating to the status of national
institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights (the Paris Principles). The
Government recognized that it did not have a centralized reporting mechanism for human
rights violations or a centralized statistical gathering system, while being conscious of the
importance of having such an institution in terms of capabilities for reporting to international
bodies and disseminating education and information on the promotion and protection of
human rights in Antigua and Barbuda.
87.
Antigua and Barbuda thanked the delegations for their informed comments, and stated
that it would look to take on board some of the recommendations put forward during the
interactive dialogue.
II. Conclusions and/or recommendations
88.
The following recommendations will be examined by Antigua and Barbuda,
which will provide responses in due time, but no later than the forty-ninth session of the
Human Rights Council.
88.1
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil
and Political Rights and the Second Optional Protocol to the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death
penalty (Cyprus);
88.2
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Cyprus);
88.3
Ratify the 1954 Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in
the Event of Armed Conflict (Cyprus);
88.4
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and
Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Denmark)
(Estonia) (Finland) (France) (South Africa);
88.5
Consider the possibility of ratifying the ILO Maternity Protection
Convention, 2000 (No. 183) (Dominican Republic);
88.6
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the
Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict (Finland) (France);
88.7
Abolish death penalty and ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of
the death penalty, while noting the de facto moratorium on executions (Finland);
88.8
Ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty (France);
88.9
Ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, and the
Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Germany);
88.10
Ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, and take
all the necessary measures to abolish the death penalty (Iceland);
88.11
Establish a de jure moratorium on the death penalty and ratify the
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty (Italy);
88.12
Consider acceding to the International Convention for the Protection
of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (Malawi);
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