A/HRC/48/12 89.34 Continue to address the issue of alcohol, tobacco and substance abuse by renewing the Substance Abuse Prevention Strategic Plan and conducting awareness-raising activities (Japan); 89.35 Take further measures to reduce non-communicable diseases and to promote mental health and reproductive health among children, adolescents and adults (Japan); 89.36 Consider instituting free universal education, at least until the age of 16, and develop school-based policies on physical education (Mauritius); 89.37 Repeal and amend laws and regulations establishing age and thirdparty authorization requirements for adolescents to access sexual and reproductive health information, education and services (Netherlands); 89.38 Continue to take measures to deal with the socioeconomic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic (Pakistan); 89.39 Continue to strengthen its successful social protection programmes to provide for the best possible well-being and quality of life for its people (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela); 89.40 Take effective measures to reduce poverty population and meet the basic needs of its people (China); 89.41 Develop and strengthen national action plans and policies for poverty alleviation for the most vulnerable groups and with a human rights perspective, focusing on the targets of Sustainable Development Goals 1 and 10 (Paraguay); 89.42 Continue to promote gender equality and support programmes for children, elderly persons and persons with disabilities (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela); 89.43 Eliminate child marriage and child labour and guarantee children’s right to education, especially girls’ (China); 89.44 Raise the age of criminal responsibility (Estonia); 89.45 Further strengthen efforts to protect children in Palau, including by explicitly prohibiting corporal punishment in all settings, without any exceptions (Ireland); 89.46 Adopt and enforce legislation to specifically criminalize the sexual exploitation of children (Malaysia); 89.47 Establish a child protection system to combat violence against and exploitation of children and work with international partners to implement this recommendation (Maldives); 89.48 Amend the legislation in force to prohibit corporal punishment of girls, boys and adolescents in all settings, raise the minimum age for marriage to 18 years and bring the juvenile justice system in line with the Convention on the Rights of the Child (Mexico); 89.49 Explicitly prohibit corporal punishment of children in all settings (Montenegro); 89.50 Amend the existing legislation to explicitly prohibit corporal punishment of children in all settings (Paraguay); 89.51 Strengthen teacher training on alternative non-violent forms of discipline (Timor-Leste); 89.52 Amend the existing legislation to explicitly prohibit corporal punishment of children in all settings (Ukraine); 89.53 Continue to prioritize the promotion of gender equality through its policies and programmes, including through the allocation of adequate resources (Australia); 16